Kinship Care Vs Traditional Foster Care
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Author | : Rebecca L. Hegar |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780195109405 |
KINSHIP FOSTER CARE: POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH assembles the thinking and research of experts from several professional fields concerning what has become the fastest growing type of substitute care for children in state custody. The editors have contributed the initial and concluding chapters of the book and the lead chapter in each of its three sections.
Author | : Rob Geen |
Publisher | : The Urban Insitute |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780877667186 |
Since the early 1980s, states child welfare agencies' use of relatives as foster parents has grown rapidly, yet little information is available on this practice. This lack of information has made it difficult to evaluate how well kinship care ensures children's safety, promotes permanency in their living situation, and enhances their well-being--three basic goals of the child welfare system. Kinship Care: Making the Most of a Valuable Resource sheds light on this changing issue. Using a study involving focus groups of child welfare workers and kinship caregivers, in addition to interviews with local administrators, advocates, and service providers, the authors describe frontline kinship care practices in today's system. They also examine how and when child welfare agencies use kin as foster parents, how their approach to kinship care differs from traditional foster care, and how kinship care practices vary across states. The book also features the experiences of actual kinship foster parents, their challenges, and their interaction with agencies and the courts. Finally, the book provides recommendations for policy development, worker and caregiver training, and issues for further research.
Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Foster home care |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jolynne Batchelor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 71 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Adoption |
ISBN | : |
In recent history, kinship care has become the preferred alternative for placement of children in foster care as evidenced by its codification in federal and state policies. Though kinship caregivers tend to fare more poorly on socioeconomic factors than traditional foster and adoptive parents, children who experience kinship care tend to experience better safety and permanency than children in nonkin placements. The term "kinship" is most often broadly defined in child welfare and includes a child's blood relatives and others who share no biological ties but have a close psychological relationship with the child. Yet, little is known to date as to whether degree of relatedness of a caregiver makes a difference in outcomes for children in foster care. The purpose of this study, which took place in Texas, was twofold: first, to compare the permanency outcomes of foster children placed with kin caregivers as opposed to foster children placed with nonkin caregivers, and, second, to test if degree of relatedness between children and their caregivers makes a difference in permanency outcomes. Based on an analysis of data from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, results indicated that children in kinship foster care fare better than those in nonkin foster care on permanency measures, while the effect of degree of relatedness on permanency was encouraging but less conclusive. Findings are discussed in relationship to behavioral biology and followed by a discussion of Texas' kinship foster care policies using McPhail's (2003) feminist policy analysis framework.
Author | : Mitchell Rosenwald |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0231146876 |
This book is the first to provide strategies for effective advocacy and placement within the foster care and kinship care systems. It also takes a rare look at the dynamics of the foster and kinship relationship, not just among children and the agency workers and service providers who intervene on their behalf, but also between children and those who take in and care for them as permanency develops. Drawing on their experience interacting with and writing about the institution of foster care, Mitchell Rosenwald and Beth N. Riley have composed a unique text that helps practitioners, foster parents, and relative caregivers realize successful transitions for youth, especially considering the traumas these children may suffer both before and after placement. Advocating for a child's best interests must begin early and remain consistent throughout assignment and adjustment. For practitioners, Rosenwald and Riley emphasize the best techniques for assessing a family's capabilities and for guiding families through the challenges of foster care. Part one details the steps potential foster parents and kinship caregivers must take, with the assistance of practitioners, to prepare themselves for placement. Part two describes tactics for successful advocacy within the court system, social service agencies, schools, and the medical and mental health establishments. Part three describes how to lobby for change at the agency and legislative levels, as well as within a given community. The authors illustrate recommendations through real-life scenarios and devote an entire chapter to brokering positive partnerships among practitioners, families, and other teams working to protect and transition children.
Author | : Joseph Crumbley |
Publisher | : C W L A Press |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
The rapid growth of kinship foster care--full-time parenting of children by relatives or other adults who have a kinship bond with a child--has caught many child welfare agencies off guard. This monograph presents information needed by professionals, agencies, institutions, communities, and organizations to develop and provide services to kinship caregivers, kinship families, children, and parents. The monograph contains discussions of common clinical issues, suggests intervention strategies, examines kinship care's legal implications, and offers policy and program recommendations. Chapter 1 compares relative or kinship care to traditional family foster care, and outlines the characteristics of kinship care that necessitate changes in outlook and practice. Chapter 2 analyzes the clinical issues that must be considered in serving children, parents, and kinship caregivers. Chapters 3 and 4 provide guidance on child welfare practice with kinship families. Chapter 5 considers the effect of culturally based child-rearing practices, gender roles, and hierarchy of authority on child welfare practice with kinship families, as well as the impact of parental incarceration, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS. Chapter 6 looks at the legal rights, responsibilities, and status of kinship families, caregivers, parents, and children. Chapter 7 discusses federal and state issues for program and policy development; this chapter also examines the philosophy and values underlying provision of financial support to kinship families, the emerging federal role, state policy directions, and permanency planning. Contains 40 references. (KB)
Author | : Sharnee'. Houston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Foster home care |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Elaine Farmer |
Publisher | : Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2008-05-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1846428033 |
Children are frequently cared for by relatives and friends when parents, for whatever reason, are unable to care for their children themselves. Yet there has been very little information about how well children do when placed with kin or how safe they are in these placements. This book compares formal kinship care to traditional foster placements in order to ascertain which children are placed with kin, in what circumstances, how well such children progress, and how often these placements disrupt. The authors explore whether children placed with family and friends fare better or worse than other foster children, what services are provided and needed, and how kin care is experienced by carers, children and social workers. This book will be essential reading for social workers, policy makers, students and all those working with looked-after children, and will enable local authorities to make informed decisions about where best to place children and the support needed by family and friend carers.
Author | : Lauren Hula |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Foster children |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Roger Greeff |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2018-08-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0429839650 |
First published in 1999, this work draws together a multi-national collection of papers, and aims to stimulate the development of policy and practice in this often neglected area. It aims to offer examples of good social work practice, informed by relevant theoretical insights; to give a voice to kinship foster carers and young people so that practice can be informed by an understanding of their experience; to share the results of current research; to highlight issues for policy makers; and to place the issues in the wider international context of developing social policy, ideology and social change. There are contributions from the UK, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, the US and New Zealand.