The effect of monthly stipend on the placement instability of youths in out-of-home care

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• 作者：Jessica Pac ^{jep345@cornell.edu}
• 关键词：Foster Care Maintenance Payment ; Stipend ; Placement instability ; Placement stability ; Foster care ; Kinship care
• 刊名：Children and Youth Services Review
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：72
• 期：Complete
• 页码：111-123
• 全文大小：467 K
• 卷排序：72

文摘

Foster Care Maintenance Payments are considered as a potential cause of placement disruption. Findings suggest that a 1% increase in stipend decreases the likelihood of disruption by 27%. Kinship caregivers are more sensitive to the stipend size than non-relative foster caregivers.