From Family Duty to Family Policy: The Evolution of Kinship Care.

Hegar, Rebecca; Scannapieco, Maria

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Publication Date: 1995

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From Family Duty to Family Policy: The Evolution of Kinship Care.

Hegar, Rebecca; Scannapieco, Maria

Child Welfare, v74 n1 p200-16 Jan-Feb 1995

Notes that, since 1982, the proportion of children in out-of-home care placed with relatives has increased rapidly and substantially, accompanied by decrease in number of foster families. Presents a range of definitions, policy issues, and ways of conceptualizing kinship care; emphasizes the experience of children and families of color as they relate to kinship care. (TM)

Descriptors: Black Family, Child Custody, Child Rearing, Child Responsibility, Child Welfare, Children, Extended Family, Family (Sociological Unit), Foster Care, Foster Children, Foster Family, Kinship, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Children, Nuclear Family, Placement, Public Policy

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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