Background Every year a large number of children around the world are removed from their
homes because they are maltreated. Child welfare agencies are responsible for placing …

This Campbell systematic review examines whether kinship care is more effective than
foster care in ensuring the safety, permanency and wellbeing of children removed from their …

Using both historical and contemporary contexts, The Child Welfare Challenge examines
major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its …

Kinship care represents 46% of all out-of-home care placements in Spain and 80% of all
foster care placements. Therefore, the role of fostering relatives, most of whom (about 70%) …

The focus of this research was to identify trends in the United States social work literature
regarding the link between poverty and child maltreatment. A content analysis of 8,782 …

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relative risk of placement disruption for 3–10 year-old
children placed in out-of-home care based on the biological relatedness of the placement …

This study examines the characteristics of children and their caregivers, the extent of
children's prior involvement in the child welfare system, and the factors associated with …

Many children are cared for on a full-time basis by relatives or adult friends, rather than their
biological parents, and often in response to family crises. These kinship care arrangements …

Placing a child in out-of-home care is one of the most important decisions made by
professionals in the child care system, with substantial social, psychological, educational …

Objective: Millions of children cared for by their grandparents or other kin without a
biological parent present are not part of the foster care system. Maltreatment may have …