RESUMO

Children in Latino immigrant families are significantly less likely to be placed in kinship care than other children are. Using grounded theory, the researchers conducted focus groups and individual interviews with child welfare workers working with Mexican origin families in south Texas to study the extent to which they use international kin placement resources. Key barriers to international kinship placement include lack of accurate information concerning international placements and conflicting agency mandates. Lack of child protective services policy enforcement also plays a role. Recommendations for practice and agency policy are discussed.

Assuntos

Emigrantes e Imigrantes , Família , Cuidados no Lar de Adoção/organização & administração , Cooperação Internacional , Americanos Mexicanos , Política Organizacional , Administração de Caso , Criança , Maus-Tratos Infantis , Humanos , México/etnologia , Papel Profissional , Texas