Individual and Social Protective Factors for Children in Informal Kinship Care (PDF)
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Individual and Social Protective Factors for Children in Informal Kinship Care (PDF)

If you are having problems downloading the entire Final Report, please try to download the Report in chapters (PDF). They are provided below.

• Acknowledgements and Chapter I: Introduction
• Chapter II: Methods
• Chapter III: Description of the Sample
• Chapter IV: Caregivers' Views--Reasons, Motivations, and Pathways to Informal Kinship Care
• Chapter V: Child Behavioral Functioning, Caregiver Stress, Family Functioning, Family Resources, and Social Support
• Chapter VI: Caregiver Views--Relationships Between Parents, Children, and Caregivers
• Chapter VII: Caregiver and Interviewer Views--Strengths, Challenges, Service Needs, and Recommendations
• Chapter VIII: Children's Views
• Chapter IX: Parents' Views
• Chapter X: Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
• References and Appendix

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