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Related Resources: Kinship Care Programs

More information about kinship care programs in the United States, including State and local examples.

The Evolution of Kinship Care Policy and Practice
Geen
Future of Children, 14(1), 2004
Characteristics of kinship foster parents and the compensation, supervision, and services they receive. (PDF - 553 KB)

The Extended Family: Reviewing an Invaluable Resource
Walton, Roby, Sullivan, & Frandsen
Family Preservation Journal, 7, 2003
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Chronicles the involvement of the extended family in providing child welfare services and discusses factors associated with effective use of the extended family in protecting children at risk of abuse or neglect.

From the Child's Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis of Kinship Care Placements (PDF - 279 KB)
National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (2005)
Aggregates the knowledge, feelings, and understandings of youth in kinship care to create a description of their experience.

Grandmothers as Kinship Caregivers: Private Arrangements Compared to Public Child Welfare Oversight
Goodman, Potts, Pasztor, & Scorzo
Children and Youth Services Review, 16(3), 2004
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Compares 373 grandmothers providing full care for their grandchild(ren) informally (private kinship care) and 208 awarded custody through the child welfare system (public kinship care).

Kinship Care/Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

The Kinship Care Practice Project
Jane Addams College of Social Work
Workshops and resource materials to educate child welfare supervisors and practitioners about strategies for ensuring the safety and permanency of children in kinship care placements.

Kinship Family Foster Care: A Methodological and Substantive Synthesis of Research
Cuddeback
Children and Youth Services Review, 26(7), 2004
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Discusses the methodological limitations of kinship literature and gaps that restrict knowledge. Suggests directions for future research.

Training for Kinship Caregivers (PDF – 115 KB)
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning (2006)
Compilation of State policies and approaches regarding training and assessment for kinship caregivers.

True Ambivalence: Child Welfare Workers' Thoughts, Feelings, and Beliefs About Kinship Foster Care
Peters
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(6), 2005
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Presents a content analysis of child welfare workers' responses during kinship foster care training to discover the feelings and reactions of workers to kinship care.

When Child Welfare Agencies Rely on Voluntary Kinship Placements (PDF - 141 KB)
Malm & Geen (2003)
Summarizes the findings of an Urban Institute study of voluntary placements in 13 counties in Alabama, California, Connecticut, and Indiana.

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State and local examples

Assessing and Supporting Kinship Care Givers
Bellefaire JCB (2003)
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Curriculum designed to improve social work practice with families who are caring for the children of relatives.

Facing Time Limits and Kinship Placements
Albert, Iaci, & Catlin
Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 85(1), 2004
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Examines the relationship between temporary welfare time limits and foster care relative placement in Nevada.

Growing Pains and Challenges: GrandFamilies House Four-Year Follow-Up Evaluation
Gottlieb & Silverstein (2003)
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Findings of a follow-up evaluation of GrandFamilies House in Massachusetts, the first supportive housing initiative in the country explicitly developed for grandparent caregiver families.

The Heterogeneity of Children and Their Experiences in Kinship Care
Landsverk, Horton, Ganger, & Newton
Child Welfare, 79(3), 2000
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Presents results from a study that compared children in kinship care in San Diego County, California with children in foster family care.

The Idaho Kinship Care Training Initiative: Regional Training Series, September 1999 - March 2000
Frumkin (2000)
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Regional training series about kinship care practice developed by the Idaho Child Welfare Research and Training Center.

Kin Can: Changing Systems to Change Youth's Lives: Replication Manual
DePelchin Children's Center (2004)
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Guide outlining considerations for replicating Kin Can, a demonstration project implemented in Houston to promote relationships between older children in foster care and their relatives to achieve permanency goals.

Kinship Care Connection: A School-Based Intervention for Kinship Caregivers and the Children in Their Care
Strozier, McGrew, Krisman, & Smith
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(9), 2005
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Outcomes from Kinship Care Connection, an innovative school-based intervention designed to increase children's self-esteem and mediate kin caregiver burden.

Kinship Support Services in California: An Evaluation of California's Kinship Support Services Program (PDF - 708 KB)
Shlonsky, Dawson, Choi, Piccus, Cardona, & Needell (2004)
Findings from an ongoing evaluation of the Kinship Support Services Program.

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Updated on March 1, 2010