What happens when family resources are across international boundaries? An exploratory study on kinship placement in Mexican immigrant families.

Children in Latino immigrant families are significantly less likely to be placed in kinship care than other children are. Using grounded theory, the researchers conducted focus groups and individual interviews with child welfare workers working with Mexican origin families in south Texas to study th...

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Published in:Child Welfare Vol. 88; no. 6; pp. 67 - 85
Main Authors: Cardoso JB, Gomez RJ, Padilla YC
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Child Welfare League of America Nov/Dec2009
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost