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Grandma's Babies: The Problem of Welfare Eligibility for Children Raised by Relatives

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: This article provides a brief history of children raised by relatives and examines the welfare eligibility of these families, emphasizing changes under the Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Act of 1996 (PR&WOA). The revolution in public welfare places many care-giving relatives atfinancial risk. Depending on their states' plans for implementing the PR& WOA, children and their relative caregivers may lose state support. The article presents the social welfare policy responses of a number of states to the problems of kinship care-giving, formal kinship foster care, the PR&WOA, and other social welfare provisions. Unintended consequences of welfare reform are highlighted.

Source: The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

DOI: 10.15453/0191-5096.2669

Authors: Rebecca L. Hegar, Maria Scannapieco

Institutions: The University of Texas at Arlington, Western Michigan University

Language: English

Topic: Child Welfare and Adoption

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation