Government Accountability Office report focused on grandfamilies with recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services on sharing information and best practices with states about federal programs that serve kin caregivers. Visit the GAO website to see the fast facts, highlights, and recommendations - https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-20-434 

Title IV-B of the Social Security Act is a small but important federal funding source for child welfare programs to keep families together.

Questions and answers submitted to the HHS ACYF regarding implementation of the successor guardianship provision of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act. 

Literature review by ChildFocus compiling the research as of 2015 that shows children experience better outcomes with kin across three major domains: improved placement stability, higher levels of permanency, and decreased behavior problems.
 

Letter which describes existing flexibilities in the title IV-E program that may help agencies better serve children, youth, and families during the COVID-19 pandemic including enhanced foster care maintenance payment (FCMP) rates; modifying foster family home licensing standards; temporary absences from title IV-E foster care placements;  re-entry into foster care after age 18; hazard pay for child welfare agency caseworkers; option to provide Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood Program (Chafee Program) services until age 23.