Kinship Project

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Kinship Project

The Youth Policy Institute of Iowa (YPII), in collaboration with ISU and other key stakeholders, proposes to assess the barriers and challenges that families and social workers face in identification, engagement, and support of kinship caregiving. Findings will inform policy and practice decisions made by the Iowa Department of Human Services as it seeks to promote kinship care and placement in family like settings when a child’s removal from home is necessary.

Project Leader
Tera Jordan trh@iastate.edu

Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies