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1 Kinship Foster Care: An Ongoing, Yet Largely Uninformed Debate
Rob Geen

2 Identifying and Recruiting Kin to Act as Foster Parents
Karin Malm and Roseana Bess

3 Licensing and Payment of Kinship Foster Parents
Amy Jantz Templeman

4 Casework Practices with Kinship Foster Parents
Rob Geen and Karin Malm

5 Providing Services to Kinship Foster Care Families
Rob Geen

6 Permanency Planning with Kinship Foster Parents
Rob Geen

7 Voluntary Placement or Foster Care Diversion?
Karin Malm and Rob Geen

8 In Their Own Words: Kin Speak Out about Their Caregiving Experiences
Victoria Russell and Karin Malm

9 Kinship Care: Paradigm Shift or Just Another Magic Bullet?
Rob Geen

Appendix: Study Description
Rob Geen and Cynthia Andrews Scarcella

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Kinship Care: Making the Most of a Valuable Resource, edited by Rob Geen, is available in paperback from the Urban Institute Press (6" x 9", 302 pages, ISBN 0-87766-718-7, $29.50). Order online or call (202) 261-5687; toll-free 800.537.5487.

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