Publication year: 2011
Source: Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 August 2011
Jorge F., del Valle , Susana, Lázaro-Visa , Mónica, López , Amaia, Bravo
Kinship care represents 46% of all out-of-home care placements in Spain and 80% of all foster care placements. Therefore, the role of fostering relatives, most of whom (about 70%) are grandparents, is particularly relevant in the Spanish child care system.In 1998 we carried out a descriptive study on profiles of kinship care in Spain, including children, birth parents, fostering relatives and patterns of process and intervention, with a sample of 568 cases. This paper presents a follow-up study of a part of this group who were adults in 2006, aimed at assessing their transition to adulthood. A subset of 143…