Children in Foster and Kinship Care at Risk 14thdaymom, April 2, 2008 Children in Foster and Kinship Care at Risk for Inadequate Health Care Coverage and Access Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization — findings brief .pdf file Historically, federal child welfare policy has overlooked the role of kinship caregivers, and, if states provided assistance, it was done through income-assistance programs. Now, children are preferentially channeled into formal kinship care by the child welfare system. child welfare reform, foster care abuse cps foster care government healing system failure