Grandmothers as kinship caregivers: Private arrangements compared to public child welfare oversight

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-305

  Goodman, Catherine Chase ^a   Potts, Marilyn ^a   Pasztor, Eileen Mayers ^a   Scorzo, Dolores ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Private kinship care; Public kinship care

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842661625     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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