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.

Family First brief  developed by ABA Center on Children and the Law, Children's Defense Fund and Generations United that highlights provisions that help kinship families, along with steps caregivers, advocates, and other leaders can take to help implement the Family First Act. Includes a chart comparing services and supports for kin before and after the Family First Act.  (December 2018).

The US Administration for Children and Families approved a new rule to allow states and tribes to create kin-specific licensing approval standards for kinship foster homes.