Kinship Care for African American Children: Disproportionate and Disadvantageous  

Oleh:

Harris, Marian S. ; Skyles, Ada

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Family Issues vol. 29 no. 8 (Aug. 2008), page 1013-1030.
Topik: African American children; kinship care; disproportionality; African American families; relative foster care
Fulltext: 1013.pdf (113.96KB)

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To highlight the individual and systemic practices that perpetuate the overuse of and reliance on kinship care and instead emphasize family reunification as the permanency plan for African American children in the child welfare system, the authors first discuss how kinship care is affected by federal child welfare policy and provide a historical perspective on how that policy has evolved. They then discuss the number and proportion of African American children entering the child welfare system and receiving kinship foster care, distinguishing between formal and informal kinship care. The conclusion addresses implications for practice and research, including the need to reevaluate child welfare policies, and demonstrates that kinship care is overused and detrimental for African American children.

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