Subsidized guardianship: Testing an idea whose time has finally come.

A study was conducted to report the findings of the third year of one of the largest federal waiver demonstrations in the use of Title IV-E funds to finance subsidized guardianship programs for foster children who would otherwise have to remain in public custody—the Illinois Subsidized Guardianship...

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Publicado en:Social Work Research Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 145 - 159
Autor principal: Testa, Mark F.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: National Association of Social Workers September 2002
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Sumario:A study was conducted to report the findings of the third year of one of the largest federal waiver demonstrations in the use of Title IV-E funds to finance subsidized guardianship programs for foster children who would otherwise have to remain in public custody—the Illinois Subsidized Guardianship Waiver Demonstration. The findings revealed that subsidized guardianship had a major impact on permanence under conditions of controlled experimentation; the selection of subsidized guardianship can potentially be greater under regular conditions of service industry; and the availability of subsidized guardianship as an alternative permanency option to adoption did not affect the stability of kinship and foster home placements.