Living apart after adoption or guardianship: Perspectives of adoptive parents and guardians

Nancy Rolock, Kevin White, Joan M. Blakey, Kerrie Ocasio, Amy Korsch-Williams, Chelsea Flanigan, Rong Bai, Monica Faulkner, Laura Marra and Rowena Fong

Children and Youth Services Review, 2023, vol. 153, issue C

Abstract: For children who are not reunified with their biological family members, the child welfare system promotes legal permanence through adoption or guardianship. The intent of adoption and guardianship is a safe home where children develop familial relationships that last a lifetime. However, issues may arise that result in children or youth living apart (LA) from their families after adoption or guardianship. In this study, LA is defined as a youth living outside the home after adoption or guardianship for two weeks or longer because the youth was receiving treatment in a residential or hospital setting, in a juvenile justice setting, or became homeless or ran away from home.

Keywords: Post adoption and guardianship instability; Child welfare adoptions; Discontinuity; Run away; Homelessness; Relational permanence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107107

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