Kinship Care
Features
- Kinship Foster Parents:
- Legal Options for Relative Caregivers: Permanent Guardianship
- Legal Options for Relative Caregivers: Standby Guardianship
- Legal Options for Relative Caregivers: De Facto Custodian
- Legal Options for Relative Caregivers: Open Adoption with Agreements
- Legal Options for Relative Caregivers: Legal Custody
- Legal Options for Relative Caregivers: Guardianship
- Legal Options for Relative Caregivers: Adoption
- Legal Options for Relative Caregivers: Introduction
- Kinship Care Policies Differ by State, Continue to Evolve
- New Research Sheds Light on Kinship Care Issues
- The Changing Family:
- Excellence in Action:
- The Legal Maze of Kinship Care
- Kinship Care Providers: Some Permanency Options
- Kinship Care:
- Legal Options for Relative Caregivers: Medical & Educational Consent
New Research Sheds Light on Kinship Care Issues
Research looks as the issues of kinship care for foster care children, and the impact is has on children and families involved.... [more]
The Changing Family:
Many parenting grandparents face ongoing psycho-social issues around the basic physical, emotional, and financial adjustments they must make.... [more]
Excellence in Action:
Services to families in which relative caregivers are raising young children affected by substance abuse and/or HIV.... [more]
The Legal Maze of Kinship Care
The legal issues impacting the kin care families will constantly need to be explored, and hopefully new laws will be enacted to support our society's senior population in their expanding child caregiving role.... [more]
Kinship Care Providers: Some Permanency Options
Permanency planning is the ultimate goal for children needing families and homes, regardless of the kinship care options available. Plans should be made for adoption or permanent guardianship.... [more]
Kinship Care:
Foster care provided by family and some of the financial options available to help cover costs.... [more]
Legal Options for Relative Caregivers: Medical & Educational Consent
Provisions to provide medical & educational consents can help relative caregivers.... [more]
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