General Kinship Publications

Children's Bureau & National Youth in Transition Database tip sheet that provides resources for state child welfare agencies and kinship navigator programs, offering guidance on assistance for adult sibling caregivers taking care of their younger siblings either in foster care or informal kinship care. States are encouraged to use this as a foundation to create their own guides for adult sibling caregivers. It includes questions to aid state agencies in exploring each category of support, promoting a tailored approach to addressing the diverse needs of caregivers in states, Tribes, and jurisdictions.

ABA Journal Children and the Law Article Series highlighting advocate support for kinship care and the use of shadow foster care systems to place children with kin outside of child welfare. August 2023. 

Generations United fact sheet summarizing research showing that  children thrive in grandfamilies and do even better when well supported by services (2023). 

Child Welfare Information Gateway Podcast episodes focused on supporting kinship caregivers. Each highlights a state or tribe but is broadly applicable:

Supporting Kinship Caregivers, Part 1 (2017) (California)

Supporting Kinship Caregivers, Part 2  (2017) (Florida)

Advances in Supporting Kinship Caregivers, Part 1 (2022) (Rhode Island)

Advances in Supporting Kinship Caregivers, Part 2 (2022) (Washington)

Advances in Supporting Kinship Caregivers, Part 3 (2022) (Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe)

Advances in Supporting Kinship Caregivers, Part 4 (2022) (Nevada)

Advances in Supporting Kinship Caregivers, Part 5 (2022) (New Mexico)

This brief provides kinship practice examples from across the country, organized by seven main topics, to help jurisdictions change policy and practice to promote kin placement and permanency, and successfully implement a kin-first culture shift.