Placement stability in kinship and non-kin foster care: A Canadian study

Family matters? The effect of kinship care on foster care disruption rates

“…These children are also at lower risk of experiencing foster care reentry compared with children placed in other types of care (Koh & Testa, 2011), a difference which reflects higher placement stability, child characteristics, and the deliberate efforts of social service agencies and courts to prevent reentry. Although disruptions do occur among children in kinship care, they are less likely -even among the very troubled teenagers -just as placements last for longer (Farmer & Moyers, 2008: 77-80;Perry et al, 2012). Thus, kinship placements appear more stable (Berrick, 1997;Gleeson & Craig, 1994;see, however, Koh & Testa, 2008).…”

“…Still, studies focusing explicitly on stability seem to agree that children placed in kin experience higher degrees of placement stability and better mental health functioning (Iglehart, 1994;Knudsen, 2009;Koh, 2010;Perry, Daly, & Kotler, 2012;see, however, Font, in press). These children are also at lower risk of experiencing foster care reentry compared with children placed in other types of care (Koh & Testa, 2011), a difference which reflects higher placement stability, child characteristics, and the deliberate efforts of social service agencies and courts to prevent reentry.…”

Reforming child institutional care in the Post-Soviet bloc: The potential role of family-based empowerment strategies

“…Placement instability is a common concern for foster care children and has adverse effects on children's psychosocial functioning (Fisher, Stoolmiller, Mannering, Takahashi, & Chamberlain, 2011;Leathers, 2006;Ryan & Testa, 2005). Almost half of teenagers (44%) placed with foster families in Denmark experienced disruption of placement (Olsson, Egelund, & Høst, 2012) and similar rates, 30-53%, were found in the UK, Sweden, Norway and Canada (Perry, Daly, & Kotler, 2012).…”

Kinship Foster Care Among African American Youth: Interaction Effects at Multiple Contextual Levels

“…Children in kinship foster care are often able to remain housed with siblings, which has been cited as both a protective and a stabilizing factor (Barth et al, 2007b). Generally kinship foster care placements are more stable, with more children in these settings experiencing as few as one placement, as opposed to nonkinship foster care in which it is not uncommon for children to have four or more placements (Aarons et al, 2010; Fowler, Toro, & Miles, 2009; James, Landsverk, & Slyman, 2004; Perry, Daly, & Kotler, 2012). These factors have been the driving rationale for why children may fare better when placed with kin rather than non-kin.…”