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Submissions on foster care and kinship care
2022Submission to the Independent Inquiry into Foster Care and Kinship (South Australia) Refereed/Peer ...
McIntyre, Joe (University of South Australia) +1 more
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Kinship foster care and foster care in the Netherlands
Children and Youth Services Review, 2003This study examines the similarities and differences between foster parents and kinship foster parents in the Netherlands. Both parents and caseworkers have filled out questionnaires for the purpose of this study. No evidence has been found to support the argument that kinship foster care holds advantages over foster care.
Strijker, J. +2 more
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1999
Abstract As the number of children in foster care increases and the number of potential foster families declines, more than thirty-one percent of all children in state custody are now being placed with extended family members who collect payment for their care.
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Abstract As the number of children in foster care increases and the number of potential foster families declines, more than thirty-one percent of all children in state custody are now being placed with extended family members who collect payment for their care.
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Kinship Foster Care: Protection or Risk?
Adoption & Fostering, 2009The data reported in this article by Jesús Palacios and Jesús M Jiménez come from a study of foster care in Andalusia, southern Spain. In Andalusia, as in the rest of Spain, kinship care is far more frequent than non-relative foster care. The authors explore the differences between these two types of foster care arrangement in a number of areas: socio-
Jesús Palacios, Jesús M Jiménez
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The gift of kinship foster care
Children and Youth Services Review, 2002Abstract This study examines kinship foster care as a gift relationship. Reunification rates and replacement rates into non-related foster care are analyzed within the statistical framework of competing risks to examine the effects of reciprocity, payment, empathy, and duty on the dynamics of kinship foster care.
Mark F. Testa, Kristen Shook Slack
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Kinship Foster Care Moving to the Mainstream
Adoption Quarterly, 2000ABSTRACT Formal kinship foster care is the fastest growing type of foster care placement for children under the care and protection of the state. We review the reasons for the growth in formal kinship care and outline policy structures and practices pertinent to kinship care.
Peter Gibbs, Ulrich Müller
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Indicators of Quality in Kinship Foster Care
Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 2010Kinship care for at-risk children is an increasingly popular alternative to traditional foster care. Despite the rationale for such placements, questions remain about the quality of kinship care compared to other foster placement alternatives and about how to evaluate its quality.
Lydia A. Falconnier +5 more
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Measuring the quality of care in kinship foster care placements
Children and Youth Services Review, 2020Abstract Kinship foster care placements have become significantly more prevalent in both Canada and the United States. However, there are limited resources for child protection services (CPS) workers to assess the quality of the kinship caregiver placements.
Katherine L. Stene +6 more
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Interventions in foster and kinship care: A systematic review
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012Foster care is a complex setting in which to provide therapeutic interventions due to the high rates of difficulty, poor outcomes and high numbers of professionals and carers involved. This systematic review aims to examine interventions that have been empirically assessed in foster care. Thirty papers describing 20 interventions were included. It was
Kinsey, Debbie, Schlösser, Annette
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Kinship Foster Care in Context
1999AbstractThis chapter begins with discussions of the meaning of kinship care, demographic trends in kinship care, and permanency planning for kinship care. It then addresses some controversial questions concerning kinship foster care. An overview of the subsequent chapters is presented.
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