Kinship foster care moving to the mainstream: Controversy, policy, and outcomes

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 57-87

  Gibbs, Peter ^a   Müller, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Kinship care; Outcomes; Permanency; Policy; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962163546     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v04n02_04     Document Type: Article

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