RE: urgent help needed re: research

["Herrick, Mary Anne" <MAEH300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is an article on kinship care in WA state that also reviews kin care
in other states. Here is the link:
 
http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/childfamily/FosterCare.html
<http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/childfamily/FosterCare.html>  
 
Hope this helps,
 
Mary Herrick
Office of Children's Administration Research
WA DSHS

-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Phillips [mailto:dphillps@uga.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:07 AM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: urgent help needed re: research


I am trying to find recent research on the relationship between adoption and
foster care regarding such indicators as juvenile delinquency, teen
pregnancy, running away, and high school dropout.  

I am project coordinator of a program that provides support to grandparents
who are primary caregivers of one or more grandchildren.  Most of our
grandparents cannot afford to pay legal fees for custody changes and/or
adoption.  We are applying to the Georgia Bar Association to increase our
program's ability to pay legal expenses.  They have a favorable attitude
toward our program but tell us that we need to cite research that
substantiates adoption, relative caregiving over foster care.  How does
adoption and relative caregiving benefit the state relative to foster care?

I just came across something on the National Adoption Clearinghouse website.
They describe a chapter by Richard Barth in a book by Rosemary Avery,
Adoption Policy and Special Needs Children.  I need to go get this book but
it looks like he cites very old research.  There are also several other
papers cited by Barth and Berry.  I'm going to track these down as they look
very promising, but thought I'd send this out to see if anyone could point
me in other directions.

As you can predict we're under a serious deadline (grant has to be turned in
by Monday, June 2), so if you can spare a moment to post something, I'd
really appreciate it!!!!  Thanks.