by Gina Brown • Be it Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or whatever your family holiday tradition is, your first year as a kinship care provider may […]
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Questions for New Kinship Caregivers to Ask
Questions to ask the child welfare worker about taking responsibility for the children: Who has legal custody of the children? What rights and responsibilities does […]
Read moreIt’s complicated: Parenting a child with complex trauma as a kinship caregiver
by Kate Murray • Many children in kinship care have experienced complex trauma. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) defines complex trauma as children’s […]
Read moreHelp us find families for these children and youth
Alexis (age 14) There is something that attracts others to be around this beautiful young lady. It may be her engaging personality or that stunning […]
Read moreA reader asksWhere can kinship caregivers find support?
We are struggling with raising our nephew, who is placed in our home. The child welfare agency has made some effort to support us, but […]
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