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Research on kinship foster care: What do we know? Where do we go from here?
- Author:
- BERRICK Jill Duerr
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 16(1/2), 1994, pp.1-5.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Introduces a double-issue devoted to the use of foster placement with relatives in the USA.
A new place in the family
- Author:
- DANIEL Marguerite
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, June 2004, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Looks at the limitations of kinship care in Botswana.
The ties that bind: a cross-sectional analysis of siblings in foster care
- Authors:
- SHLONSKY Aron, WEBSTER Daniel, NEEDELL Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 29(3), 2003, pp.27-52.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Using administrative data, this study examines a cross-section of 35,216 of foster children in a large metropolitan area of the Western United States to determine the factors associated with intact sibling placement. Starting care at the same time, placement in relative care, and matched gendered pairs were highly associated with intact sibling placement, while age and placement in group care were negatively associated. Discusses the findings in light of recent legislation. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Kinship and foster care: a comparison of characteristics and outcomes
- Authors:
- SCANAPIECO Maria, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 78(5), September 1997, pp.480-488.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
The increase in children entering foster care, together with a range of other political, economic, and social factors, has helped fuel the newest phenomenon in the American child welfare system - a substantial proportion of children in formal kinship care. The authors present a review of previous research and report on a study that examined differences and similarities between kinship and traditional foster care in Baltimore County, Maryland, a suburban county that surrounds the city of Baltimore.
Knowing me, knowing you
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.1.95, 1995, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Research by the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering has shown conclusively that children separated from their parents who are placed with people they already know do much better than those placed with strangers. However, many councils are failing to place these children with other family members or friends. Investigates why this is the case.
Foster parents before relatives
- Author:
- MURPHY M.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 22.9.88, 1988, p.29.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Argues that placement with relatives may not be in the child's best interests.
The protective effect of kinship involvement on the adjustment of youth in foster care
- Authors:
- BAI Grace Jhe, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Maltreatment, 21(4), 2016, pp.288-297.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Child maltreatment and family dysfunction (e.g., conflict) can have a long-term deleterious impact on youth well-being. Using a child welfare sample, this study examined whether dysfunction in the nuclear family of origin was associated with adjustment problems, including internalising and externalising behaviour problems, beyond the effect of child maltreatment, and whether extended family (kinship) involvement protected against youth’s adjustment problems. Participants included 171 children and adolescents (mean age = 10.15; 50.3% female) who entered foster care due to child maltreatment. Results indicated that greater dysfunction in the nuclear family of origin and child maltreatment were independently associated with greater internalising and externalising behaviour problems. Results also showed that kinship involvement was protective against externalising behaviour problems. Moreover, kinship involvement buffered the association between dysfunction in family of origin and internalising behaviours only at low levels of family dysfunction. These results support policies that encourage the involvement of extended and noncustodial family members in the lives of maltreated youth following their entry into foster care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Differing effects of family finding service on permanency and family connectedness for children new to versus lingering in the foster care system
- Authors:
- GARWOOD Molly Murphy, WILLIAMS Sarah Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Child Welfare, 9(2), 2015, pp.115-133.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study evaluated effects of family finding on relative placement and positive permanency outcomes for children in foster care. The sample was randomised to evaluate effects on permanency and relative placement. The impact of the timing of service was examined. The study failed to show significant differences in placement and permanency for the treatment versus the control group. Examination of programme outcomes showed that many connections were found for children who have lingered in care. Family finding impacted positive permanency for the lingering-in care group and relative placement for the new-to-care group; permanency and relative placement increased with lengthier evaluation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Maternal foster families provide more stable placements than paternal families
- Authors:
- PERRY Gretchen, DALY Martin, MacFARLAN Shane
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 47, Part 1, 2014, pp.155-159.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Using data from one Ontario, Canada, child protection agency the frequency and stability of placements with maternal versus paternal kinship care were compared. Maternal relatives provided placements much more often than paternal kin and this was most striking with single grandmothers. 90% of genetically related kinship caregivers were grandparents or other equally close kin. Maternal and paternal kin placements had similar durations, but maternal placements ended significantly more frequently by the child returning home or obtaining a permanent placement, whereas paternal placements more often broke down. A Cox proportional hazards analysis, controlling for child sex, age, reason for placement and caregiver attributes, showed that paternal kin placements were more than twice as likely to break down as maternal kin placements, within a given interval. The authors discuss whether placement stability should be considered a proxy for placement quality and policy implications, and comment on aspects of assessing prospective placements. (Edited publisher abstract)
Facing time limits and kinship placements
- Authors:
- ALBERT Vicky, IACI Ross, CATLIN Sandra N.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 85(1), January 2004, pp.63-70.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Examines the relationship between temporary welfare time limits and foster care relative placement in Nevada, USA. A logit model was specified with a binary dependent variable capturing placement with relatives as opposed to nonrelative family foster care placement or group care. The findings reveal that children from welfare families with more months counted toward their Nevada's time limits are not more likely to be placed with relatives than their counterparts. The findings also show that children from African American families, from large families, or from families receiving cash during removal are more likely to be placed with relatives. The authors suggest that casework activities need to occur before, during, and after children experience foster care placements with relatives.