Earlier this year the Biden administration made headlines for including a large investment in kinship foster care in their 2023 proposed budget. This was historic for many reasons, most importantly ...

A payment pilot for kinship carers is a "real recognition" of the financial and emotional toll that caring can take, a ...

Kinship caregivers need more financial support in caring for children so they don’t have to go into the fostercare system. stefanamer Getty Images/iStockphoto I recently spoke to a legislative ...

On average about 10 children and youth will go into Colorado's foster care system every day. Many of those children will find homes with family members, which is called kinship care. As part of ...

Child welfare agencies in Maryland and throughout the U.S. have long recognized that children who enter the foster care system usually benefit from placement within their family of origin whenever ...

Rita, a 54-year-old grandmother, has been a kinship caregiver to her 7-year-old granddaughter since her infancy. A kinship caregiver is defined as a grandparent, another family member or a close ...