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Family's Impact on the Development of African American Children in Kinship Care

Award Number: R15HD089011
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/19/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2024

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Family's Impact on the Development of African American Children in Kinship Care - Project Summary/Abstract Kinship care refers to caregiving of children by relatives, godparents, or others who have strong bonds with the children when biological parents are unable or unwilling to provide care. Over 2.7 million children are currently in kinship care. Twenty percent of African American children will reside in kinship care during their lives; and they are among the nation’s most vulnerable populations. Often the kinship arrangement is in response to conditions of risk, including child maltreatment, socioeconomic hardship, parental substance abuse, incarceration, and mental illness. Kinship care families also face unique challenges as they parent for an uncertain period of time, often with scarce financial resources, while balancing their relationships and potential conflicts with the child’s biological parents. The conditions faced prior to and while living in kinship care place children at risk of social and behavioral problems and academic difficulties. Kinship care has the potential to ameliorate these risks, but despite the trend toward kinship care as a preferred option for out-of-home placement, there is insufficient knowledge about the influence of these families’ attributes on children’s social and academic competence, and their behavioral problems. Studies suggest that many children in kinship care have issues in all three areas. Over the long term, many children who experience kinship care incur a host of negative outcomes related to social skill deficits, academic underachievement, and behavioral issues including mental health problems, substance use, and contact with the criminal justice system. These negative outcomes point to the urgent need for research focused on kinship families’ impact on children to identify targets for intervention and prevention services. The goal of this two-phase mixed methods study is to better understand the impact of kinship care families on children’s social, academic, and behavior outcomes (ages 5- 12). The first aim will use quantitative methods to identify specific family-level factors that mitigate risk to children’s social and academic competence and behavioral problems (Quantitative Phase I; N=200). The second aim will use qualitative methods to explore and interpret the results obtained in phase I (Qualitative Phase 2; N=30). Our long-term goal is to apply this knowledge to develop culturally relevant interventions targeted at kinship care families and children that will address risks to social and academic competence and behavioral issues. The proposed research will inform better prevention and intervention services to interrupt the negative trajectories of these areas that are typically experienced by children in kinship care. As an R15- supported project, students are integrated into every step of the project, from data collection, analyses, to dissemination at conferences, which will provide them with an unparalleled opportunity to solidify their career trajectories.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2019	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO	1000 SPRING GARDEN ST	GREENSBORO	NC	27412	GUILFORD	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	1	6/11/2025	NEW	$0
2025	2019	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO	1000 SPRING GARDEN ST	GREENSBORO	NC	27412	GUILFORD	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	6/11/2025	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2020	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO	1000 SPRING GARDEN STREET	GREENSBORO	NC	27412	GUILFORD	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	1	7/29/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2023	2019	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO	1000 SPRING GARDEN STREET	GREENSBORO	NC	27412	GUILFORD	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	7/28/2023	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $273,492 )
2020	2020	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO	1000 SPRING GARDEN STREET	GREENSBORO	NC	27412	GUILFORD	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	7/21/2020	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$273,492
														Subtotal = $273,492

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $445,339 )
2019	2019	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO	1000 SPRING GARDEN STREET	GREENSBORO	NC	27412	GUILFORD	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	7/19/2019	NEW	$445,339
														Subtotal = $445,339

Grand Total All Awards = $718,831

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Family's Impact on the Development of African American Children in Kinship Care

Award Number: R15HD089011

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/19/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2024

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