Project Description
Subject Summary, May 2008
Author: Priscilla Gisbson
Data from interviews and document analysis were collected to explore of changes and their impact on service delivery to kinship care families in a county Human Service Department that occurred as a result Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) on Supporting Kinship Care. BSC was a one-year demonstration project to improve serives to kinship families. Results indicated major changes in the kin search, which were merged into five interrelated themes: (a) earlier kin searches are better, (b) widening the definition of kin, (c) promotion of kinship care as important to families, (d) biological fathers from invisible to a resource, and (e) hindrances to the search process.
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CASCW’s subject summaries were developed by affiliated faculty within the School of Social Work from 2004–2010. Child welfare-relevant evaluation findings, which include current policies and practices affecting Title IV-E eligible families and children, are incorporated into these supplemental training materials.
Each Subject Summary contains features such as discussion questions, selected references, additional resources, suggested guest speakers and a PowerPoint presentation.
