Research & Evaluation
Transformational Service Delivery in Kinship Foster Care: Influence of Casey’s Breakthrough Series
Title IV-E Curriculum Module
References for more information
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American Bar Association (2006). Statutory preferences for relative placement. Retrieved July 8, 2008 from http://www.abanet.org/child/kinshipcare.shtml.
Brown, S., Cohon, D. & Wheeler, R. (2002). African American extended families and kinship care: How relevant is the foster care model for kinship care? Children and Youth Services Review, 24(1/2), 53-77.
Cuddeback, E. (2004). Kinship family foster care: A methodological and substantive synthesis of research. Children and Youth Services Review, 26(7), 623-639.
Ehrle, J. & Geen, R. (2002). Children cared for by relatives: What services do they need? Assessing the New Federalism Policy Brief B-47.Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute.
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Indian Child Welfare Act (1978) PUBLIC LAW 95-608, 25 USC Chapter 21. Jantz, A., Geen, R., Bess, R., Andrews, C, & Russell, V. (2002). The continuing evolution of state kinship care policies. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute.
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Minnesota Administrative Rules, 9560.0653, Difficulty of care payments, (2007).
Mosek, A. & Adler, L. (2001). The self-concept of adolescent girls in non-relative versus kin foster care. International Social Work Journal, 44(2), 149-162.
O’Donnell J.M. (2001). Paternal involvement in kinship foster care services in one father and multiple father families. Child Welfare, 80, 453-479.
Peters, J. (2005). True ambivalence: Child welfare workers thoughts, feelings and beliefs about kinship foster care. Children and Youth Services Review, 27(6), 595-614.
Smith, C.J., Rudolph, C., & Swords, P. (2002). Kinship care: issues in permanency planning. Children and Youth Services Review, 24(3), 175-188.
State Plan for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 671(a) (19) (1996).
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2000). Rethinking child welfare practice under the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997: A resource guide. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.