Sunday, November 13, 2011

Kinship Care and Child Only Cases

Blog Author Notes:
We feel that kinship care is under untilized by state CPS systems. We also find that CPS goes out of their way to make it next to impossible for relatives to get kinship placement of their family members in the system, especially if the kinship placement is not formal, no matter the ethnicity of the family. We feel the reason for this is because states get less federal funding than they would if the child is placed in a state recognized foster home or institution. The numbers have shown this to be true, time and time again. It's a shame because the one's who suffer most are the very children that states claim to be looking out for. What states are really looking out for is their bottom line, which is sad.
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Here is an informative link for our readers to check out concerning tribes and kinship placement:

http://www.peerta.acf.hhs.gov/uploadedFiles/Kathy%20Deserly.pdf

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