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1. Which type of kinship care refers to situations in which the children live with relatives and the child welfare system is involved, but the State does not take legal custody?
A. Informal kinship care
B. Voluntary kinship care
C. Formal kinship care
D. All of the above
2. In which of the following ways might agencies and States benefit from kinship care?
A. Placing children in kinship care helps States’ compliance with Federal requirements to provide children with safety, stability, and permanency.
B. In cases of informal kinship care, there may be no need for court intervention and the associated time, staffing, and expense of court involvement.
C. Agencies do not have to call on their limited supply of traditional foster parents, and this frees up homes for children who may not have available kin to support them.
D. All of the above.
3. Caseworkers who are assigned kinship care cases should receive training for which of the following specific skills and competencies required to work effectively with the kinship triad?
A. Assessing families and identifying risk factors, safety factors, strengths, and needs.
B. Effectively addressing the challenges of kinship care.
C. Locating and accessing the services and resources available to kinship caregivers.
D. All of the above.
4. Despite that relatives may not have as great of needs for services and support as traditional nonrelative foster care providers, kinship caregivers are generally referred for, offered, and actually receive more services for themselves and the children in their care when compared to non kinship caregivers.
A. True
B. False
5. Planning and delivering services and supports for kinship caregivers should be guided by all of the following, except:
A. State and Federal financial services
B. Family-centered practice principles
C. Cultural competence
D. Sensitivity to the complex issues of the kinship triad
6. Services and supports should strengthen the kinship caregivers’ capacity to provide a safe, nurturing home for the child and to help achieve permanency for the child, in addition to assisting the kinship caregiver in addressing the effects that maltreatment may have had on the child in their care.
A. True
B. False
7. Caseworkers should provide relevant information about the child to the kinship caregivers prior to placing the child in the home. This information should include all of the following, except:
A. A full disclosure about why the child is in need of out-of-home care.
B. Any special needs of the child.
C. The parent’s medical and psychological standing.
D. The child’s medical, psychological, and educational history.
8. Additional services most often needed by kinship care families include therapy and counseling, child care, educational services, education advocacy, tutoring, and affordable housing.
A. True
B. False
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