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What  is kinship care?
Children who do not itve with
their parents but whose
sgra ndparent s, other relatives,
or close family friends provide
them  with a home are said
to be in Nkinship care.


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including military s
health isues, subst
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How  do  children enter kinship  care?
Most children enter kinship care informally.
Informal arrangements may  be reached
independently  by a family or may be facilitated
by a child welfare agency or court.
In a smaller number of instances, children are
formally placed with kin by the chld welfare
agency or a court (these children are counted
as in both fotercareand   kinship came).
In addition, somse children leavedfoster care
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