by Gina Brown • Be it Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or whatever your family holiday tradition is, your first year as a kinship care provider may […]
Read moreSeries: November 2019 • Vol. 24, No. 1
NC’s Kinship Navigator Program and NCCARE360
by Janet Drake • When a child is at risk of out-of-home placement or enters the custody of a North Carolina county department of social […]
Read moreWriting ContestDeadline: Feb. 4, 2020
First Prize: $100 • Second Prize: $50 • Third Prize: $25 If you are under 18 and are or have been in foster care, please […]
Read moreStaying Connected to the Important People in My LifeEssays from Youth in Foster Care
In last issue’s writing contest we asked young people in foster care, “Who are the most important people in your life? How do you maintain […]
Read moreAn American Indian Grandparent’s Perspective on Kinship Care
by Tonia Jacobs Deese • In many cultures, caring for the children of relatives is an honored practice that goes back thousands of years. For […]
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