KINSHIP CARE - FROM LAST RESORT TO FIRST CHOICE

Authors
INGRAM C
Citation
C. Ingram, KINSHIP CARE - FROM LAST RESORT TO FIRST CHOICE, Child welfare, 75(5), 1996, pp. 550-566
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work
Journal title
Child welfare → ACNP
ISSN journal
00094021
Volume
75
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
550 - 566
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-4021(1996)75:5<550:KC-FLR>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Kinship care is becoming the first choice in a continuum of services a vailable to children requiring out-of-home care. This article highligh ts the key issues in kinship care and discusses them as they relate to agency structure for kinship family support in the public child welfa re system. Implications for policy and practice are explored.