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<DIV><FONT size=2>Ms. Joseph--You might contact Dr. Linda Toche-Manley at
Polaris 267-583-6336 x 13. She is heading up some
research on predictive factors in child welfare placements. Paul
Andrews</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rachel.molly.joseph@alumni.upenn.edu
href="mailto:rachel.molly.joseph@alumni.upenn.edu";>Rachel Molly Joseph</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
href="mailto:CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu";>Child Maltreatment
Researchers</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 10, 2006 9:43
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> kinship care policies and
services</DIV>
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<DIV>Hello all,<BR><BR>As a University of North Carolina MSW student
placed at Durham County Department of Social Services, I am seeking your
assistance. As part of my field placement I have been asked to look at what
the county does for kinship care providers under certain circumstances.
These kinship care providers have taken physical (and sometimes legal) custody
of a child due to DSS involvement (but where DSS has decided not to take
custody). I have further been asked to make recommendations to improve
support for these "informal" arrangements. In North Carolina, kinship
care providers cannot receive IV-E foster care payments unless they are
licensed as foster parents under the same standards as nonkin foster parents
and many times they are unwilling or unable to become licensed. <BR><BR>I am
wondering whether anyone has written model policies with regard to these
informal kinship care providers. Specifically, I'm looking for any of the
following: 1. policies outlining decision making with regard to placement with
kin; 2. innovative services or supports offered to nonlicensed kinship care
providers (above and beyond TANF child-only grants, food stamps, and Medicaid)
and 3. kinship care programs which are in line with the federal priority
of placement with relatives and actually provide substantive support to
these families. <BR><BR>Additionally, I have not found anything on this issue,
but I'm wondering if any one has looked at factors, other than commitment or a
sense of familial responsibility, which could be examined prior to placement
in order to predict the success of these types of arrangements. </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Please email me directly by reply, or write or call me as indicated below
with any assistance you are able to provide.<BR> </DIV>
<DIV>Thank you for your help,<BR><BR>Rachel Molly Joseph<BR><BR>JD/MSW
Candidate 2007, University of North Carolina<BR>MSW Intern, Durham County
Department of Social Services<BR>220 E. Main Street<BR>Durham, NC
27702<BR>919.560.8024<BR><A
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