Education

A toolkit for K-12 school professionals and kinship service providers to better support students and caregivers in kinship/grandfamilies. The toolkit revolves around five actions, which each include specific steps and embedded tools to help students and their caregivers thrive in K-12 settings. This toolkit is designed to accompany Generations United’s 2024 State of Grandfamilies and Kinship Care Report, Pathways to Success: K-12 Education Support for Kinship and Grandfamilies.

The report, “Pathways to Success: K-12 Education Support for Kinship and Grandfamilies,” discusses how about 2.5 million children in grandfamilies and kinship families are impacted by educational challenges and actionable recommendations to improve their school support and services. 

As the children in their care enter their senior year of high school, kin/grandfamily caregivers will be thinking about what comes next, including, potentially, higher education and how to pay for it. Here’s what they need to know

The ABA's national technical assistance resource and information clearinghouse on legal and policy matters affecting the education of children in the foster care system

This resource discusses the role of kin caregivers in education including if the child is in child welfare custody or not in custody.,