Research & Development Committee-Sponsored Projects
Title	Factors Leading to Premature Terminations of Kinship Care Placements
Principal Investigator(s):	Janet Chang, Ray E. Liles, and Trang Hoang
School:	California State University, San Bernardino
Project Goal:	To investigate the reasons for premature termination of kinship care placements in two California counties, San Bernardino and Riverside.
Project Duration:	1 year
Project Status:	Completed
Project Outcomes:	Curriculum: "Factors Leading to Premature Terminations of Kinship Care Placements" developed by Janet Chang, Ray E. Liles, and Trang Hoang. The intent of this curriculum is to provide students and child welfare professionals with: Background information on kinship care as an alternative to traditional foster care, A brief review of the literature pertaining to the characteristics of dependent children in kinship care and their care providers, Opportunities to discuss beliefs about why kinship care is valuable (or not) and why it may or may not be successful, Demographic data pertaining to selected characteristics of children in kinship care and their care providers derived from a sample of California child welfare cases, Factors which may or may not be related to premature termination of kinship care placements, Caregiver perceptions of differential placement outcomes, Social worker perceptions of differential placement outcomes, and Opportunities to discuss how students and/or child welfare workers can decrease premature termination of kinship care placements.