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Tradition and policy perspectives in kinship care / Rowena Grice Wilson, Sandra Edmonds Crewe, editors.
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- Series:
- Journal of health & social policy ; v. 22, no. 3/4.
- Journal of health & social policy ; v. 22, no. 3/4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kinship care--United States.
- Kinship care.
- Foster home care--United States.
- Foster home care.
- Grandparents as parents.
- United States.
- African American children--Care.
- African American children.
- Caregivers--United States.
- Caregivers.
- Grandparents as parents--United States.
- Child welfare--United States.
- Child welfare.
- Family policy--United States.
- Family policy.
- Black or African American--psychology.
- Child Welfare--psychology.
- Caregivers--psychology.
- Child Care--methods.
- Family Relations.
- Medical Subjects:
- Black or African American--psychology.
- Child Welfare--psychology.
- Caregivers--psychology.
- Child Care--methods.
- Family Relations.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 250 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Binghamton [N.Y.] : Haworth Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Kinship care is part tradition and part social welfare policy. Tradition and Policy Perspectives in Kinship Care examines the balance of the two perspectives and presents current practice challenges of formal and informal kinship care. This important resource focuses on both the needs of the caregiver as well as the impact of kinship care on children. Discussed in detail are public policy issues relating to kinship care. This insightful book explores this crucial issue through the lens of social workers who fully understand the strengths and challenges of kinship care.
- Tradition and Policy Perspectives in Kinship Care discusses this issue from both micro and macro levels, explaining the outcomes of kinship care arrangements based on variables such as the youth's and parent's outlook for the future, performance in school, welfare reform, domestic violence, respite care, spirituality, and involvement of nonbiological relatives. The book then focuses on the subject of grandparents as caregivers, examining their coping resources, effectiveness of programs serving them, and recommended changes to services to enhance their well-being.
- Contents:
- Kinship care : from family tradition to social policy in the African American community / Sandra Edmonds Crewe, Rowena Grice Wilson
- Future outlook in African American kinship care families / Jacqueline Smith, Anniglo Boone
- Kinship care placement and children's academic performance / Sherin A. Shearin
- Child only kinship care cases : the unintended consequences of TANF policies for families who have health problems and disabilities / Ruby M. Gourdine
- Domestic violence and kinship care : connecting policy with practice / Tricia B. Bent-Goodley, Kesslyn Brade
- Respite care : outcomes for kinship and non-kinship caregivers / Sandra Owens-Kane
- Tradition and policy perspectives in kinship care kinship and spirituality : utilizing strengths of caregivers / Claudia Lawrence-Webb, Joshua N. Okundaye
- Biological relatives : forgotten caregivers / Karie A. Gaska, Sandra Edmonds Crewe
- Coping resources : effects on the psychological well-being of African American grandparents raising grandchildren / Vivian R. Moore, Sheila D. Miller
- Grandparents communicating with grandchildren : fostering intergenerational understanding / Cheryl E. Waites
- Grandparents raising grandchildren : kinship care in Baltimore public housing / Samuel B. Little
- Grandfathers raising grandchildren : an exploration of African American kinship networks / Karen Bullock.
- Different pathways to a common destiny : grandparent caregivers in the District of Columbia / Sandra Edmonds Crewe
- Kinnet : a demonstration project for a national support network for kinship care providers / Carrie Jefferson Smith, Deborah J. Monahan
- Epilog-kinship care : practice and policy implications.
- Notes:
- "Co-published simultaneously as Journal of health & social policy, Volume 22, Number 3/4, 2007."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780789035516
- 0789035510
- 9780789035523
- 0789035529
- OCLC:
- 85817992
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