Kinship care: Two case management models |
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Authors: | Maria Scannapieco PhD Rebecca L Hegar DSW |
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Institution: | (1) the School of Social Work, University of Maryland, USA;(2) 525 West Redwood Street, 21201 Baltimore, MD |
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Abstract: | Children in the care and custody of the state are increasingly placed with kin rather than in unrelated foster homes. Current estimates suggest that 400,000 children are in kinship care arrangements, with a projected increase to over a half million by 1995 (Center for the Study of Social Policy, 1990). This article provides an overview of the trend toward increasing use of kinship care for foster children and the reasons for this development. It then presents the case management models currently used in kinship care cases by two large public child welfare agencies, and it concludes with discussion of these models and their implications. |
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