Abstract
Homeless female-headed families are affected by national and local policies which impact adversely on the parent-child relationship. The first section of this article examines the ways in which national and state family welfare laws affect the parenting capacities of the single mother. Our legal systems response to do- mestic violence, the precipitating factor for roughly one-half of homeless women seeking shelter, is addressed in the second section. Once poverty and/or domestic violence catapult the single mother into homelessness, the children are often placed in foster care, especially if the mother has a substance abuse problem. The third section of this article focuses on the foster care systems response to family homelessness and maternal substance abuse, which is to place the children in foster care. Finally, implications for policy development, research and practice are discussed. Multidisciplinary family practitioners need to understand the macro-level policy issues which account for many of th...
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