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Direct linkHarris, Marian S.; Skyles, Ada – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
To highlight the individual and systemic practices that perpetuate the overuse of and reliance on kinship care and instead emphasize family reunification as the permanency plan for African American children in the child welfare system, the authors first discuss how kinship care is affected by federal child welfare policy and provide a historical…
Descriptors: African American Children, Child Welfare, Family Relationship, Foster Care
Petr, Christopher, G.; And Others – 1990
This document begins with an annotated outline of Public Law 96-272, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, which encourages states to prevent unnecessary removal of children from their homes and to reunify foster children with their families. The document discusses reasons for the law's enactment, the law's provisions, its…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Disabilities, Eligibility
