Tradition and policy perspectives in kinship care /
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| Imprint: | Binghamton [N.Y.] : Haworth Press, c2007. |
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| Description: | xxvi, 250 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Journal of health & social policy ; v. 22, no. 3/4 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6635881 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Kinship Care: From Family Tradition to Social Policy in the African American Community
- Part I. Perspectives on Kinship Care
- Future Outlook in African American Kinship Care Families
- Kinship Care Placement and Children's Academic Performance
- Child Only Kinship Care Cases: The Unintended Consequences of TANF Policies for Families Who Have Health Problems and Disabilities
- Domestic Violence and Kinship Care: Connecting Policy with Practice
- Respite Care: Outcomes for Kinship and Non-Kinship Caregivers
- Kinship and Spirituality: Utilizing Strengths of Caregivers
- Biological Relatives: Forgotten Caregivers
- Part II. Grandparents as Caregivers
- Coping Resources: Effects on the Psychological Well-Being of African American Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
- Grandparents Communicating with Grandchildren: Fostering Intergenerational Understanding
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Kinship Care in Baltimore Public Housing
- Grandfathers Raising Grandchildren: An Exploration of African American Kinship Networks
- Different Pathways to a Common Destiny: Grandparent Caregivers in the District of Columbia
- KinNET: A Demonstration Project for a National Support Network for Kinship Care Providers
- Epilogue-Kinship Care: Practice and Policy Implications
- Index
