Kinship care

This empowering and transformative book by Rachel Mahnke is important self-help for grandmothers who are raising their grandchildren, mothers who have

There are many factors that lead to grandparents raising grandchildren. There are just as many factors that make this a hard row to hoe at this stage of your life. These 5 Starter Tips will help set the stage for your family’s success in this kinship care journey.

Note: The information shared in this post is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute professional care...

If you're doing foster care right, it may be the hardest thing you'll ever do. It isn't easy, the days are long but the smiles are worth it.

We gathered advice from former foster youth who have joined our panel discussions in recent years. They shared tips to help current foster parents and kinship caregivers meet the needs of the kids they are supporting: http://ow.ly/mVmG50KxSAB Foster/kinship alum: what would you add? Share your tips in the comments. #adoption #fostercare #kinshipcare

Creating a Family strengthens foster, adoptive, and kinship families and the professionals who support them by creating expert-based, trauma-informed resources, community support, and training.

As we are preparing our house to open back up for foster placements, I am reviewing all of the things I could have done better the first time around. When my three boys first came I tried to prepare the best I could, but you don't really know what you don't know, LOL! One of the areas that I totally could have done better in is organizing the massive amounts of paperwork, records, notes, and observations you will have when dealing with foster care. For the boys I have a HUGE Rubbermaid…

In this course, we talk about what kinship caregivers need to succeed and how child welfare professionals can help.

In-depth advice to successfully complete a kinship adoption Adopting a family member, commonly known as a kinship adoption, can benefit not only the child, but also the extended family. When a parent dies, becomes unable to care for the...