Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on stress and Access to Services for Licensed and Kinship Caregivers and Youth in Foster Care.
Children in foster care in the United States face unique challenges related to access to health and education services. With the COVID-19 pandemic, many of those services were temporarily disrupted, adding burden to an already strained system. This observational study describes the experiences of li...
| Publicado en: | Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 633 - 641 |
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Springer Nature
Oct2022
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