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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Developmental Outcomes among Korean Kinship Foster Care Children: Gender Differences

Societies, 2023
(1) Background: This study explored changes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of developmental outcomes among kinship foster care children in the Republic of Korea: and gender differences in the changes; (2) Methods: The study analyzed the
Hyunah Kang, Ick-Joong Chung, Sehyeon Oh
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-efficacy scores and intensity of depressiveness in people aged over 60 years providing kinship foster care

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background The objective of this study has been to investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic has had impact on self-efficacy scores and intensity of depressive severity in people aged over 60 who provide kinship foster care to their grandchildren ...
Marta Giezek, Marek Landowski, Marta Kożybska, Beata Karakiewicz   +3 more
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Caregivers on point: a randomized treatment–control prevention trial for foster and kinship caregivers to reduce behavior challenges among children in foster care

Trials
Background Children in foster care who are newly placed with licensed or kinship caregivers are often vulnerable to increased behavior problems associated with trauma and social disruptions.
Sarah J. Beal, Cynthia Zion, Constance A. Mara, Meera A. Patel, Amie F. Bettencourt, Susan M. Breitenstein, Lisa M. Vaughn, Mary V. Greiner, Robert T. Ammerman   +8 more
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The Professionalisation of Foster Care in Norway

Social Inclusion
In Norway, as elsewhere, child welfare services have long prioritised placing children in foster homes over residential care when children cannot live with their parents, to ensure upbringing in family settings.
Renee Thørnblad, Jeanette Skoglund
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Is Higher Placement Stability in Kinship Foster Care by Virtue or Design?

Child Abuse and Neglect, 2015
Prior research has repeatedly documented higher placement stability for children who enter kinship care rather than non-relative foster care. However, little is known about why, and under what circumstances, kinship care is more stable.
Sarah Font
exaly   +2 more sources

Examining Financial Hardship and Caregiver Subgroups in Kinship Foster Placements: A Machine Learning Approach

Societies
Children placed with kinship foster parents can experience less disruption and stronger family ties than children in non-kinship placements. However, financial hardship can restrict kinship caregivers from taking in relatives’ children.
Imani Careese Johnson, Solomon Hadi Achulo, Kanisha Coleman Brevard, David Ansong   +3 more
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Kinship foster care: psychosocial profile of families and foster children

Revista Sobre la Infancia y la Adolescencia, 2021
Extended family foster care family is the most frequent protective measure for minors in Spain. The objectives of the present study are to analyze the family profile according to different dimensions, knowing the state of psychosocial health care of ...
Elena Martínez Miguel, Adelina Gimeno Collado, Francisco González Sala   +2 more
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Is contact with birth parents beneficial to children in non-kinship foster care? A scoping review of the evidence

Children and youth services review, 2022
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Kevin Jesús Ruiz-Romero, María D. Salas, Francisco Javier Fernández-Baena, Lucía González-Pasarín   +3 more
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Current trends, figures and challenges in out of home child care: An internationalcomparative analysis [PDF]

Psychosocial Intervention, 2014
This article closes the special issue of this journal about an international review of out-of-home child care, principally family foster care and residential care, tough several aspects related to adoption were included as well.
Jorge F. del Valle, Amaia Bravo
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Kinship and Non-Kinship Foster Care Placements: Placement Stability, Academic Attainment, and Delinquency

Journal of Education & Social Policy, 2021
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has reported that over 500,000 children entered the foster care system for the fiscal year of 2015. The overall annual cost of foster care placement in U.S. exceeds 9 billion dollars, a value shared
Donna F. Ossorio, Jackson de Carvalho
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