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kinship care  

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  • Kinship care is the full-time care, nurturing, and protection of children by relatives, members of their tribes or clans, godparents, stepparents, or any adult who has a kinship bond with a child. The kinship care relationship may be permanent or temporary as well as formal (established legally) or informal. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity; Kinship Care]

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