Academic Trajectories of Children in Formal and Informal Kinship Care

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyreasa Washington ◽  
C. Joy Stewart ◽  
Roderick A. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Kinship Care ◽  
Academic Trajectories ◽  
Informal Kinship Care

Examining the Perceptions of Grandparents who Parent in Formal and Informal Kinship Care

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 93-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelia G. Bunch ◽  
Brenda J. Eastman ◽  
Linner W. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Kinship Care ◽  
Informal Kinship Care

scholarly journals Health Status and Type of Out-of-Home Placement: Informal Kinship Care in an Investigated Sample

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 559-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth E.K. Stein ◽  
Michael S. Hurlburt ◽  
Amy M. Heneghan ◽  
Jinjin Zhang ◽  
Jennifer Rolls-Reutz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Kinship Care ◽  
Out Of Home Placement ◽  
Informal Kinship Care ◽  
Home Placement

Supporting Informal Kinship Care

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary Saunders ◽  
Julie Selwyn
Keyword(s):  
Kinship Care ◽  
Informal Kinship Care

scholarly journals ‘Private Family Arrangements’ for Children in Ireland: The Informal Grey Space In-Between State Care and the Family Home

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Burns ◽  
Conor O’Mahony ◽  
Rebekah Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Kinship Care ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Formal Care ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Alternative Care ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Home ◽  
Informal Kinship Care ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The literature on alternative care focuses overwhelmingly on formal, court-ordered placements; voluntary care placements are discussed less frequently. Least attention of all has been given to informal kinship care placements, where a child is cared for by relatives but is not formally in the legal care of state authorities. In Ireland, these placements, when facilitated by state authorities in lieu of a care order or voluntary care agreement, are known by professionals as ‘private family arrangements’. This article explores evidence which shows that the use of such arrangements is motivated partly by a concern for subsidiarity, and partly by necessity: they provide a source of placements in cases where regulatory requirements and a lack of resources would otherwise make the placement challenging or impossible. However, this strategy carries significant risks. Private family arrangements receive less support and oversight from state authorities than formal care placements, and family members providing care under this model have no legal rights or responsibilities in respect of the child(ren). This places the child(ren) in a precarious position and raises concerns regarding a lack of equity of care. The article will illustrate the impact of these concerns and make recommendations for reform.

Informal Kinship Care of Orphans in Rural China

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyuan Shang ◽  
Morris Saldov ◽  
Karen R. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Kinship Care ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Informal Kinship Care

This study examines kinship care of orphans throughout China. It finds that in addition to children becoming orphaned if both parents die, some children are treated as orphans when their father dies and rural traditional kinship care obligations restrict the viability of widowed mothers continuing to care for their child. When mothers are forced for socioeconomic reasons to leave the paternal extended family, children effectively become orphans, dependent on ageing grandparents. Girls and disabled children are most at risk. Implementing financial and other support to orphans, widowed mothers and kinship carers could improve the sustainability of these family relationships.

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