COVID-19 Resource Page. As we are facing a pandemic unlike any many of us have seen, people over the age of 60 and those with compromised immune systems are among the highest-risk populations. To help you and the families you serve we have compiled resources to help you through this difficult time. 

The Administration for Community Living's Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (SGRG) Advisory Council produced this resource guide to assist Kinship Families and Grandfamilies during emergencies such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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This webinar with ABA Center on Children and the Law and Generations United examines how child welfare agencies follow the requirements in the long-standing federal Adam Walsh law. This law sensibly bars individuals who have been convicted of violent felonies from ever becoming licensed or approved as foster parents. But, most jurisdictions go well beyond federal requirements and prevent individuals from becoming foster parents for minor, non-violent crimes. 

Provides Children’s Bureau guidance on Stafford Act Flexibility for the fingerprint-based criminal record check and monthly caseworker visits be in the child’s residence requirements. 

Memo by the ABA Center on Children and the Law and Generations United examining the federal and state laws that prevent kinship caregivers from becoming licensed based on previous criminal convictions. The memo analyzes state laws and policies related to criminal licensing barriers and explores opportunities to change these policies based on the recent federal rule allowing kin-specific licensing standards.