Caregiving Environments of Kinship Care Literature Review

Author: Hyun-ah Kang Publisher: Children and Family Research Center Publication: Document Date:                  July 2003 Category: Children > Adopted Children Related Categories: Children > Foster Home Care Family Relations > Family Life Parenthood/Childrearing > Foster Homes/Parenting Parenthood/Childrearing > Grandparents as Parents Parenthood/Childrearing > Nonparental Care   This paper reviews the available literature about kinship care. It describes the characteristics of kinship caregivers, and the services they are offered versus the services they need. Placement permanency and stability of children in kinship care is also examined.  Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link