Family Law
: Family Law Prof BlogKinship Care vs. Foster Care
By Barbara Glesner Fines, Robert E. Oliphant, and Nancy Ver Steegh (William Mitchell College of Law). (all)
In the current issue of Families In Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, see "Matched Comparison of Children in Kinship Care and Foster Care on Child Welfare Outcomes," by Winokur, Crawford, Longobardi, and Valentine: "The documented growth of kinship...
Full post as published by Family Law Prof Blog on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).

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