| Description: | Multistage project examining factors associated with children in subsidized adoptions who return to foster care. Stage 1 was looking at factors associated with adaptation to foster care. State 2 is obtaining statewide data on sustained and disrupted adoptions to compare characteristics. Stage 3 is to interview adoptive parents in disrupted adoptions to determine ongoing relationship with adopted child. |
| Project/Activity Leader(s): | Barbara Rittner, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Advancement |
| Unit: | School of Social Work |
| Department: | Social Work |
| City: | Buffalo |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| External Funding: | Yes |
| Funding Source: | Office of Child and Family Services |
| Start Date: | 2013-08-01 |
| End Date: | active |
| Internal Partners: | Buffalo Center for Social Research, School of Social Work |
| External Partners: | William Wieczorek, Institute for Community Health Promotion (ICHP), SUNY Buffalo State |
| Are UB students involved? | No |