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Family relationships of children in kinship foster care
Nordic Social Work Research, 2020This article explores the family relationships of foster children in kinship care and the elements that define these relationships through the concept of personal life as defined by Carol Smart.
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Non-kinship family foster care in Egypt
Adoption & Fostering, 2017This article describes the history and philosophy of foster care in Egypt. While journal readers will be familiar with the issues affecting their own work, they are less likely to know about fostering in other countries. This can be limiting as international comparisons can give practitioners, researchers and educators insights into their own work as ...
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Family matters? The effect of kinship care on foster care disruption rates
Child Abuse & Neglect, 2015Compared with other types of out-of-home care, kinship care is cheap, and offers the child a more familiar environment. However, little is known about the causal effect of kinship care on important outcomes. This study is the first to estimate causal effects of kinship care on placement stability, using full-sample administrative data (N=13,157) and ...
Signe Hald, Andersen, Peter, Fallesen
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Readiness for independence: Comparison of foster care, kinship care, and non-foster care adolescents
Children and Youth Services Review, 1995Abstract Data from Los Angeles County are used to compare 63 non-foster care adolescents with 42 adolescents placed in kinship care and 69 adolescents in non-relative foster family care in their readiness for independent living. Bivariate analysis revealed that foster care and non-foster care adolescents are not significantly different in perceptions
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Children and Youth Services Review, 2012
Abstract Foster care placements, especially placements with kin, are the first option of choice when parents cannot maintain the care for their children. Therefore, an evaluation of this type of out-of-home-placement, with special attention for the differences between kinship and non-kinship placements, is necessary.
Femke Vanschoonlandt +4 more
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Abstract Foster care placements, especially placements with kin, are the first option of choice when parents cannot maintain the care for their children. Therefore, an evaluation of this type of out-of-home-placement, with special attention for the differences between kinship and non-kinship placements, is necessary.
Femke Vanschoonlandt +4 more
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Children and Youth Services Review, 2002
In supporting kinship care as a “new” solution to old child welfare problems, we should acknowledge the history of the extended family and of informal kinship care in individual families. In this article, we review the role of extended family in the lives of 30 youth currently residing in kinship care households. We find that these youth have extensive
Stephanie Brown +2 more
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In supporting kinship care as a “new” solution to old child welfare problems, we should acknowledge the history of the extended family and of informal kinship care in individual families. In this article, we review the role of extended family in the lives of 30 youth currently residing in kinship care households. We find that these youth have extensive
Stephanie Brown +2 more
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When Children Cannot Remain Home: Foster Family Care and Kinship Care
The Future of Children, 1998Despite the best efforts of child welfare agencies, community agencies, and individuals, some children are not safe in their homes and must be placed in substitute care settings by child welfare authorities. Increasingly, as this article points out, child welfare agencies are placing children in the homes of their relatives rather than in traditional ...
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Grandparent and Kinship Foster Care: Implications of Licensing and Payment Policies
Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2008In this article, we examine the different licensing and payment policies in the United States for kinship foster care and assess the potential impact of licensing policies on the likelihood that grandparents or other kin will become licensed as formal kinship foster care providers.
Marlys, Bratteli +2 more
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Kinship foster care: Placement, service, and outcome issues
Children and Youth Services Review, 1994Abstract Kinship foster care is now being debated. Issues have emerged about the cost of this care, the suitability of the kinship home, and agency supervision. Little data exist, however, about the functioning of minors in kinship foster care. Data from a Los Angeles County study of 990 adolescents in foster family care are used to compare 352 ...
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The Effect of Initial Placement into Kinship Foster Care on Reunification from Foster Care
Journal of Social Service Research, 2001ABSTRACT Recent child welfare research using administrative child welfare data has discovered that children who are placed in kinship foster care are re uni fied more slowly with their biological parents than children who are placed in foster care with nonrelatives. However, no research has examined the question of whether this effeet of placement into
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