Informal and Formal Kinship Care Populations: A Study in Contrasts.

McLean, Beth; Thomas, Rebecca

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ERIC Number: EJ531240

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Publication Date: 1996

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Informal and Formal Kinship Care Populations: A Study in Contrasts.

McLean, Beth; Thomas, Rebecca

Child Welfare, n75 n5 p489-505 Sep-Oct 1996

Contrasts a group of informal kinship care providers in Philadelphia (KIDS'n'KIN Program) with two "formal" kinship care groups in Baltimore and California, examining similarities and differences in child and caregiver demographies and service needs. Presents the program's response to the needs of informal kinship care providers. (Author/SD)

Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Caregivers, Child Custody, Child Rearing, Child Support, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Involvement, Family Relationship, Family Structure, Kinship, Social Networks

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California; Maryland (Baltimore); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

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