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Kinship Caregivers and the Child Welfare System
Factsheet for Families

Author(s):  Child Welfare Information Gateway

Year Published:  2005

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You are in section: Table of Contents 1 - Different Types of Kinship Care 2 - How the Child Welfare System… 3 - What to Expect From the Child… 4 - Services 5 - Involvement of the Courts 6 - Permanent Arrangements for the… 7 - Conclusion 8 - Further Resources 9 - Bibliography

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8. Further Resources

For information on the child welfare system

• How Does the Child Welfare System Work?" (Child Welfare Information Gateway)
• A Family's Guide to the Child Welfare System (National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health at Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health at American Institutes for Research, Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Child Welfare League of America, and the National Indian Child Welfare Association)

For information on kinship care

• AARP's Grandparent Information Center (Includes information on tax tips)
• Child Welfare League of America
• Children's Defense Fund (General kinship caregiver information)
  (link to State-specific kinship caregiver information)
• National Center on Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children (Generations United)
• Grandparent Caregiver Law Center (Brookdale Center on Aging and the Samuel Sadin Institute on Law)
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren factsheets
  (University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences)
• Through the Eyes of a Child — Grandparents Raising Grandchildren series
  (University of Wisconsin extension)
• National Indian Child Welfare Association
• Frequently Asked Questions About Kinship Care (Child Welfare League of America)
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (Full Circle of Care)
• Kinship Care Resource Guide
  (Catholic Family Center, Kinship Care Resource Network, and Monroe County Legal Assistance Corporation) (Designed for residents of Monroe County, NY, this manual also provides some good general information)
• Kinship Care Legal Handbook
  (Florida Kinship Center at the University of South Florida School of Social Work) (Laws pertain to Florida only but provide some good general information)

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You are in section: Table of Contents 1 - Different Types of Kinship Care 2 - How the Child Welfare System… 3 - What to Expect From the Child… 4 - Services 5 - Involvement of the Courts 6 - Permanent Arrangements for the… 7 - Conclusion 8 - Further Resources 9 - Bibliography

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Updated on October 9, 2009