1: Maria Scannapieco and Rebecca L. Hegar: Kinship Care in Context Part I: Kinship Care Policy 2: Rebecca L. Hegar: The Cultural Roots of Kinship Care 3: James Gleeson: Kinship Care as a Social Welfare Service: Emerging Policy Issues and Trends 4: Marianne Takas and Rebecca L. Hegar: The Case for Kinship Adoption Laws Part II: Kinship Care Practice 5: Maria Scannapieco: Formal Kinship Care Practice Models 6: Dana Wilson: Kinship Care in Family Serving Agencies 7: Sondra Jackson: Paradigm Shift: Training Staff to Provide Services to the Kinship Triad 8: Joy Ernst: Wanau Know Best: Kinship Care in New Zealand Part III: Kinship Care Research 9: Maria Scannapieco: Kinship Care in a Public Welfare System: A Systematic Review of the Research 10: Peter Pecora, Nicole LeProhn, and John Nasuti: Role Perceptions of Kinship and Other Foster Parents in Family Foster Care 11: Jill Duerr Berrick, Barbara Needell, and Richard Barth: Kin as a Family and Child Welfare Resource: The Child Welfare Worker's Perspective 12: Raymond Starr, Howard Dubowitz, Donna Harrington, and Susan Fiegelman: Behavioral Problems of Teens in Kinship Care: Cross Informant Reports 13: Susan Zuravin, Mary Benedict, and Rebecca Stallings: The Adult Functioning of Former Kinship and Non-Relative Foster Care Children Conclusion 14: Rebecca L. Hegar: Kinship Foster Care: The New Child Placement Paradigm