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ERIC Number: EJ538862
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-8046
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Kinship Care: The African American Response to Family Preservation.
Scannapieco, Maria; Jackson, Sondra
Social Work, v41 n2 p190-96 Mar 1996
Discusses increased kinship care as a resilient response by the African American community. Strengths and resilience of the African American family can be attributed in part to a strong kinship network. In this manner, the African American community is preserving the family. Concludes this community needs support through imaginative social work policies and practice. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Family, Blacks, Children, Community, Crime, Developmental Psychology, Drug Abuse, Early Parenthood, Extended Family, Foster Care, Kinship, Mental Health, Minority Groups, Psychopathology, Social Work, Sociocultural Patterns, Violence
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act 1980
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