Sept/Oct 2006Vol. 7, No. 7The Roundtable Online
The latest issue of The Roundtable, the electronic newsletter published by the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Adoption, leads off with an informative article by Penny Maza, Ph.D., Senior Policy Research Analyst on the Data Team at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Children's Bureau. The article provides statistics on the increase in relative adoptions, using data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS). Other articles in the newsletter expand on the theme of kinship adoption and the important role that kin play in providing permanency to vulnerable children.
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