Online training curriculm for all resource families, with content for kinship families included. Funded through a five-year cooperative agreement with Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau. (2021)

Summary of the final rule on legal representation issued by ACYF on May 9, 2024, and how it could impact legal services for kin caregivers. The rule allows Title IV-E agencies to use federal funds to cover the costs of legal representation, including for kinship caregivers. The rule also expands the types of legal proceedings that are eligible for this funding to include civil legal proceedings that may impact family preservation and placement stability, such as housing or benefit access.

Overview of federal rule released on 9/28/23 that allows child welfare agencies to use kin-specific licensing or approval standards. Describes what the rule does and doesn't mean, and provides resources to help implement the rule.

A brief article written by Ana Beltran for the National Association of Counsel for Children explaining the 2023 federal rule allowing for separate, tailored, commonsense foster care licensing standards for kin. 

New Jersey provides eligible kinship legal guardians $250 a month, multiplied by the number of eligible children in the home, minus all combined countable income of the eligible children, such as any child support payments.