Article: The role of therapy in adoption and fostering.(Creating New Families: Therapeutic Approaches to Fostering, Adoption and Kinship Care)(Book review)

Article: High demand may lead to waiting list for Kinship ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 11, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... with relatives under the new Kinship Care Program. Kinship Care is part of Wisconsin Works ... determine some priority for new families." One alternative would ... attrition as some families leave Kinship Care, those on the waiting list ...

Article: Kinship care as a child welfare service: The policy ...
Child Welfare;  September 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... advocates debate whether this formal kinship care has been a cause of dramatically increasing ... climate of nationwide welfare reform, the kinship care debate has heated up. This article presents a case study of the development of kinship care policy in Illinois, the origination ...

Article: Vulnerable infants: kinship care and health.
Pediatric Nursing;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... foster care will be placed with family members in "kinship care." Kinship care is defined as "the full-time nurturing and ... Child Welfare League of America, 1994, p. 2). Kinship care has expanded rapidly; the percentage of children ...

Article: All in the family.(kinship care)
Community Care;  August 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Kinship care is emerging as a viable alternative ... explores the views of those involved in kinship care and outlines the need for more social ... fast-growing popularity of formal kinship care. This research indicates that for many ...

Article: The heterogeneity of children and their experiences in ...
Child Welfare;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... home care are being placed in kinship care, yet few studies have followed ... This study of 484 children in kinship care in San Diego County, California, indicates that children in kinship care have markedly different sociodemographic ...

Article: Family preservation and support services: A missed opportunity ...
Child Welfare;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... discusses the historical significance of kinship care in preserving the African American family, the development of kinship care and family preservation programs ... the natural relationship between kinship care and family preservation services ...

Article: Kinship care: From last resort to first choice
Child Welfare;  September 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Kinship care is becoming the first choice in a continuum ... article highlights the key issues in kinship care and discusses them as they relate to ... for policy and practice are explored. Kinship care is not a new phenomenon. The use of ...