Tradition and policy perspectives in kinship care
By: Rowena Grice Wilson, Sandra Edmonds Crewe, editors.
Contributors: Wilson, Rowena Grice.; Crewe, Sandra Edmonds.
Series: Journal of health & social policy -- v. 22, no. 3/4
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Binghamton [N.Y.]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780789035516; 9780789035523
Subjects: Kinship care -- United States; Foster home care -- United States; African American children -- Care; Caregivers -- United States; Grandparents as parents -- United States; Child welfare -- United States; Family policy -- United States; African Americans -- psychology; Child Welfare -- psychology; Caregivers -- psychology; Child Care -- methods; Family Relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Kinship care : from family tradition to social policy in the African American community / Sandra Edmonds Crewe, Rowena Grice Wilson; title: Future outlook in African American kinship care families / Jacqueline Smith, Anniglo Boone; title: Kinship care placement and children's academic performance / Sherin A. Shearin; title: Child only kinship care cases : the unintended consequences of TANF policies for families who have health problems and disabilities / Ruby M. Gourdine; title: Domestic violence and kinship care : connecting policy with practice / Tricia B. Bent-Goodley, Kesslyn Brade; title: Respite care : outcomes for kinship and non-kinship caregivers / Sandra Owens-Kane; title: Tradition and policy perspectives in kinship care kinship and spirituality : utilizing strengths of caregivers / Claudia Lawrence-Webb, Joshua N. Okundaye; title: Biological relatives : forgotten caregivers / Karie A. Gaska, Sandra Edmonds Crewe; title: Coping resources : effects on the psychological well-being of African American grandparents raising grandchildren / Vivian R. Moore, Sheila D. Miller; title: Grandparents communicating with grandchildren : fostering intergenerational understanding / Cheryl E. Waites; title: Grandparents raising grandchildren : kinship care in Baltimore public housing / Samuel B. Little; title: Grandfathers raising grandchildren : an exploration of African American kinship networks / Karen Bullock.; title: Different pathways to a common destiny : grandparent caregivers in the District of Columbia / Sandra Edmonds Crewe; title: Kinnet : a demonstration project for a national support network for kinship care providers / Carrie Jefferson Smith, Deborah J. Monahan; title: Epilog-kinship care : practice and policy implications.