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Finding a Suitable Fostering Agency: Swedish Foster Carers' Reflections on Navigating a Mixed Welfare Market

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 748-758, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Due to marketization, foster carers in many Western countries can choose between a number of local child welfare authorities (LAs) and independent fostering agencies (IFAs) to be contracted by. Through semi‐structured interviews with foster carers (n = 24), this study examined how foster carers navigate the Swedish foster care market and what ...
Evelina Fridell Lif
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