This Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT policy report underscores a simple fact about childhood: Family matters. Yet, today in America, 57,000 children are still living in group placements. Readers will learn about limiting the role of residential treatment care to its intended purpose and how state and local leaders can work together to enhance family-oriented services and supports (2015). 

Outlines concrete approaches for states to consider in establishing new subsidized guardianship programs and in improving existing ones to better ensure safety and permanency for children, from Children's Defense Fund and Cornerstone Consulting Group (2003). 

This brief by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work, reports on a professional interview study on subsidized guardianship, to help both increase permanency rates and reduce racial disparity. The study includes the circumstances in which guardianship is considered, challenges to achieving permanency through guardianship, and the role of race. March 2023.

Final evaluation report of the 2009 kinship navigator programs funded by the Children's Bureau (2013). 

Perspectives from the Redlich Horwitz Foundation which outlines initial thoughts and recommendations for what NY counties can do now to prepare for implementation (2018).