Cuts to the money they receive is stopping some in kinship foster care moving to other arrangements, such as through a special guardianship or as a kinship carer with a child arrangements order.
The research has been revealed in a report by the charity Kinship, which details the differences in financial support on offer to those in a variety of kinship arrangements.
It found that special guardians on average receive £40 less per child a week compared to kinship foster carers.
Kinship carers with a child arrangements order receive around £54 less a week per child than those in foster care situations.
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