Kinship Foster Care: Policy, Practice, and Research / Edition 1

by Rebecca L. Hegar, Maria Scannapieco

Overview

As the number of children in foster care increases and the number of potential foster families declines, more than 31% of all children in state custody are now being placed with extended family members who collect payment for their care. This raises many important and controversial issues regarding the meaning of family, the role of government, and the nature of welfare. Although professional literature on the subject continues to expand, knowledge on this subject remains scarce.
Kinship Foster Care is the first text to offer a comprehensive analysis of what is considered to be the fastest growing type of substitute care for children in state custody. It assembles the thinking and research of prominent researchers, policy advocates, and practice specialists from several professional fields, detailing their work, research, and thoughts concerning the three topics of kinship care: policy, practice, and research. The editors have contributed the initial and concluding chapters. Together, their work incorporates new literature on the subject as well as a large share of previously published material, now available in this one complete volume. Ideal for courses in social work as well as for the general professional, Kinship Foster Care offers an important first look at this growing phenomenon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195109405
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/24/1998
Series:	Child Welfare: A Series in Child Welfare Practice, Policy, and Research
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	9.22(w) x 6.12(h) x 0.78(d)

Table of Contents

1. Kinship Care in Context, Maria Scannapieco and Rebecca L. HegarPart I: Kinship Care Policy2. The Cultural Roots of Kinship Care, Rebecca L. Hegar3. Kinship Care as a Social Welfare Service: Emerging Policy Issues and Trends, James Gleeson4. The Case for Kinship Adoption Laws, Marianne Takas and Rebecca L. HegarPart II: Kinship Care Practice5. Formal Kinship Care Practice Models, Maria Scannapieco6. Kinship Care in Family Serving Agencies, Dana Wilson7. Paradigm Shift: Training Staff to Provide Services to the Kinship Triad, Sondra Jackson8. Wanau Know Best: Kinship Care in New Zealand, Joy ErnstPart III: Kinship Care Research9. Kinship Care in a Public Welfare System: A Systematic Review of the Research, Maria Scannapieco10. Role Perceptions of Kinship and Other Foster Parents in Family Foster Care, Peter Pecora, Nicole LeProhn, and John Nasuti11. Kin as a Family and Child Welfare Resource: The Child Welfare Worker's Perspective, Jill Duerr Berrick, Barbara Needell, and Richard Barth12. Behavioral Problems of Teens in Kinship Care: Cross Informant Reports, Raymond Starr, Howard Dubowitz, Donna Harrington, and Susan Fiegelman13. The Adult Functioning of Former Kinship and Non-Relative Foster Care Children, Susan Zuravin, Mary Benedict, and Rebecca StallingsConclusion14. Kinship Foster Care: The New Child Placement Paradigm, Rebecca L. Hegar