How have home study and licensure requirements for kinship caregivers been simplified?
Recent federal policy changes require states to support kinship caregivers by streamlining approvals and ensuring fair financial assistance.
Kinship caregiver
How can guardianship support permanency and well-being?
Guardianship helps reduce the need for foster care while keeping children safely connected to their extended families.
Casey Excellence for Children Awards
The Casey Excellence for Children Awards are presented annually to recognize those who have dedicated themselves to building hope and improving outcomes for children and families impacted by the child welfare system.
2026 Casey Excellence for Children Awards Family and Alumni Honorees
These awards recognize those foster care alumni, birth parents, kinship caregivers and resource parents who have demonstrated extraordinary efforts on behalf of those involved in child welfare.
2025 Casey Excellence for Children Awards Family and Alumni Honorees
These awards recognize those foster care alumni, birth parents, kinship caregivers and resource parents who have demonstrated extraordinary efforts on behalf of those involved in child welfare.
‘I don’t know who I would be’
Thanks to kinship care, Keeton Byerly was raised by his grandfather instead of being placed into foster care.
Connecting with kin in Ohio
Kinnect offers services that enable and support kinship placements. That makes all the difference to siblings like Jonathon and Chrishonna.
Baltimore: ‘All in for kin’
The KinCare Center is a physical representation of Baltimore City DSS’s commitment to supporting kinship families.
Q&A: Kin-first culture in California
California’s child welfare leaders explain why the state focuses on kinship care and supporting kinship caregivers in this Q&A.
