Complete text of the final rule (released 9/28/23) allowing states to use different licensing or approval standards for relative or kinship foster family homes and nonrelative/non-kinship foster family homes. The rule also requires title IV–E agencies to periodically review the amount of Foster Care Maintenance Payments (FCMPs) to ensure that the agency provides a licensed or approved relative or kinship foster family home the same amount of FCMP that would have been made if the child was placed in a nonrelated/non-kinship foster family home.

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.

This best practice guide for foster and kinship parent recruitment, produced by ChildFocus and the Redlich Horwitz Foundation, was developed to provide counties and provider agencies with new ideas and proven tools to improve their retention and support practices for foster parents (2017).