{"id":32252,"date":"2025-09-11T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caseyfamilyv2.wpengine.com\/power-of-kinship-care\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:03:09","slug":"el-poder-del-cuidado-familiar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/es\/power-of-kinship-care\/","title":{"rendered":"El poder del cuidado familiar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n   <h2>What is kinship care?<\/h2>\n  \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p>Kinship care is the full-time care, nurturing, teaching and protection of children by kin. Kin is defined as relatives by blood, marriage or adoption \u2014 as well as any adult who has a bond that the child or family recognizes as significant. These chosen family, sometimes referred to as fictive kin, may include members of Tribes or Native clans, stepparents, godparents, or trusted family friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"featured-video is-style-simple wp-block-featured-video\">\n  <div class=\"my-[100px] text-revolver\">\n    <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n      \n      <div class=\"embed\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Season of Hope - Growing the role of families\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0v_9hQb1WSo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-5050 media-right addon-none\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n     <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><p>A higher percentage of children in foster care are being placed in kinship care, but\u00a0<strong>more progress is needed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media  \">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kinship-care-graph-1536x910.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single is-style-single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-spring-wood margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n   <h2>Why should we  <span class=\"special-underline\">prioritize<\/span>  kinship care?<\/h2>\n  \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><div id=\"689cab2665a54\" class=\"component page-object ceros-text-editor text-plus is-rendering-placeholders text-plus-loading-finished-689cab2665a54\" data-container-id=\"689cab8865a57,689caaf365a53\">\n<div class=\"ceros-text-editor\">\n<p>Research tells us that children have better outcomes and are more likely to remain connected to their family, community and culture if they are placed safely with kin while safety issues at home are resolved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom padding-top\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Better outcomes<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"span-at-0 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.campbellcollaboration.org\/review\/kinship-care-children-removed-from-home-for-maltreatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A review of nearly 100 studies<\/a>\u00a0found that children in kinship care,<br \/>\nwhen compared with children in non-kin foster care, have:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Better-outcomes-graphic-v2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37084\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-right addon-button\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n    <h2>Being with family<\/h2>\n   <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><div id=\"689cb2fd65a74\" class=\"component page-object ceros-text-editor text-plus is-rendering-placeholders text-plus-loading-finished-689cb2fd65a74\" data-container-id=\"689cb33e65a76,689caaf365a53\">\n<div class=\"ceros-text-editor\">\n<p>If you became separated from your own children, who would you want to care for them in your absence? Kinship care allows children removed from home to remain as closely connected to their family as possible, given the reality of separation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n   <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/raising-hope\/\" target=\"\">Watch video<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media  \">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Being-with-family.png\" alt=\"Sara Tate and her children\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"quote content-section light wp-block-quote backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-warm-ceramic margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n  <div class=\"basic-quote text-revolver\">\n <blockquote class=\"relative z-0\"><p>We wanted to keep the children together but sometimes it\u2019s hard for someone to take on three kids at once. So, the family came together; everybody pitched in. Being with family made the children feel like they were still part of the family.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n  <figcaption class=\"text-md text-right mt-9 font-sofiapro\"><cite>&mdash; Sara Tate, Mother<\/cite><\/figcaption>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-left addon-button\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n    <h2>Knowing your roots \u2013 kin, community, culture<\/h2>\n   <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><div id=\"689cc73b65a8f\" class=\"component page-object ceros-text-editor text-plus is-rendering-placeholders text-plus-loading-finished-689cc73b65a8f\" data-container-id=\"689cc73b65a8e,689caaf365a53\">\n<div class=\"ceros-text-editor\">\n<p>Children do better with family, in whatever form that takes \u2014 grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, older siblings or best friends. Kinship care allows children separated from their parents to know their family and remain a part of the community and culture they were born into.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n   <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/knowing-your-roots\/\" target=\"\">Watch video<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media  \">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Knowing-your-roots.png\" alt=\"Baby Theo\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-left addon-accordion\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n  <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><p>The following resources share data and research that support the benefits to child safety, permanency and well-being that\u00a0kinship care can provide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <ol class=\"accordion border-gray-suit mt-8\">\n  <li class=\"border-b border-bon-jour open\">\n <button onClick=\"toggleThisFold(event)\" class=\"relative block w-full text-left\">\n <h4 class=\"text-revolver font-black my-5 pr-10\">Casey Family Programs resources<\/h4>\n <\/button>\n <div class=\"contents\">\n <div class=\"text-salt-box text-md mt-0 my-4\">\n    <p><a class=\"span-at-0 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/hope2024\/\">A season of hope: Growing the role of families<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-46 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/kin-first-approach\/\">Why should child protection agencies adopt a kin-first approach?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-112 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/impact-of-placement-with-family\/\">The Impact of Placement with Family on Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-187 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/strategies-improve-placement-stability\/\">How can we improve placement stability for children in foster care?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-256 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/academic-achievement-placement\/\">How does academic achievement differ for children in kinship vs. non-kin out-of-home care?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-348 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/traumatic-impacts\/\">How do investigation, removal, and placement cause trauma for families?<\/a><\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n <\/li>\n  <li class=\"border-b border-bon-jour \">\n <button onClick=\"toggleThisFold(event)\" class=\"relative block w-full text-left\">\n <h4 class=\"text-revolver font-black my-5 pr-10\">Partner resources<\/h4>\n <\/button>\n <div class=\"contents\">\n <div class=\"text-salt-box text-md mt-0 my-4\">\n    <p><a class=\"span-at-0 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gu.org\/resources\/children-thrive-in-grandfamilies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fact sheet: Children Thrive in Grandfamilies<\/a>\u00a0(Generations United)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-65 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gksnetwork.org\/resources\/grandfamilies-kinship-families-strengths-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kinship\/Grandfamilies: Strengths and Challenges<\/a>\u00a0(Grandfamilies &amp; Kinship Support Network)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-156 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkofus.org\/case-studies\/kinship-care-literature-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kinship Care Landscape: What We Know, What We Don&#8217;t, and Where to Go From Here<\/a>\u00a0(Think of Us)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-250 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/public_interest\/child_law\/resources\/child_law_practiceonline\/child_law_practice\/vol-36\/july-aug-2017\/kinship-care-is-better-for-children-and-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kinship Care is Better for Children and Families<\/a>\u00a0(American Bar Association)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n <\/li>\n  <\/ol>\n  <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media self-start \">\n    <h2 class=\"mt-3\">Resources<\/h2>\n   <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-spring-wood margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n   <h2>What are current  <span class=\"special-underline\">practices<\/span>  from the field?<\/h2>\n  \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><div id=\"689cab2665a54\" class=\"component page-object ceros-text-editor text-plus is-rendering-placeholders text-plus-loading-finished-689cab2665a54\" data-container-id=\"689cab8865a57,689caaf365a53\">\n<div class=\"ceros-text-editor\">\n<p>Child protection agencies that practice a\u00a0kin-first approach\u00a0seek to make every child\u2019s first \u2014 and hopefully only \u2014 placement with kin.\u00a0When communities provide children with the level of supports they need when they are placed with kin, more extended families are are able to step up to\u00a0provide a safe and supportive home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-right addon-button\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n    <h2>Kinship care from a systems level <\/h2>\n   <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><div id=\"689cb2fd65a74\" class=\"component page-object ceros-text-editor text-plus is-rendering-placeholders text-plus-loading-finished-689cb2fd65a74\" data-container-id=\"689cb33e65a76,689caaf365a53\">\n<div class=\"ceros-text-editor\">\n<p>Many child welfare systems across the country are exhibiting a way forward by putting kinship at the center of their work.\u00a0Effective systems make sure that children receive all the supports they need to thrive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n   <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/ca-kinship-qna\/\" target=\"\">Read California Q and A<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media  \">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kim-Johnson.png\" alt=\"California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Kim Johnson\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"quote content-section light wp-block-quote backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-warm-ceramic margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n  <div class=\"basic-quote text-revolver\">\n <blockquote class=\"relative z-0\"><p>When you place them with a relative, they know who they\u2019re being placed with. That lessens the trauma of being removed from their natural home.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n  <figcaption class=\"text-md text-right mt-9 font-sofiapro\"><cite>&mdash; Corine Mullings, deputy director of Child and Family Services  at Baltimore City Department of Social Services<\/cite><\/figcaption>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-left addon-button\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n    <h2>Investing in each other<\/h2>\n   <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><div id=\"689cc73b65a8f\" class=\"component page-object ceros-text-editor text-plus is-rendering-placeholders text-plus-loading-finished-689cc73b65a8f\" data-container-id=\"689cc73b65a8e,689caaf365a53\">\n<div class=\"ceros-text-editor\">\n<p>Communities are demonstrating their commitment to families by offering welcoming spaces for kinship caregivers to access the supports they often need to raise the child placed in their care. Services may include diapers, clothing, food assistance, mental health support and transportation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n   <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/baltimore-kincare-center\/\" target=\"\">Watch video<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media  \">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Baltimore-hug.png\" alt=\"Tracie Cook-Thomas and a client\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-left addon-accordion\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n  <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><p>The following resources touch on why a kin-first culture leads to better outcomes for children and families, and how communities around the country are embracing this powerful approach to help children grow up where they belong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <ol class=\"accordion border-gray-suit mt-8\">\n  <li class=\"border-b border-bon-jour open\">\n <button onClick=\"toggleThisFold(event)\" class=\"relative block w-full text-left\">\n <h4 class=\"text-revolver font-black my-5 pr-10\">Casey Family Programs resources<\/h4>\n <\/button>\n <div class=\"contents\">\n <div class=\"text-salt-box text-md mt-0 my-4\">\n    <p><a class=\"span-at-0 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/kinship-values\/\">What should every child protection agency do to ensure children are placed with kin?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-84 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/family-search-strategies\/\">What are some examples of effective family search and engagement?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-151 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/adapting-home-studies-for-kin\/\">How can we prioritize kin in the home study and licensure process, and make placement with relatives the norm?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-263 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/hidden-foster-care\/\">How is the practice of hidden foster care inconsistent with federal policy and harmful to children and families?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-377 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/a-second-chance-kinship-allegheny\/\">How did A Second Chance Inc. transform kinship care in Allegheny County?<\/a><\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n <\/li>\n  <li class=\"border-b border-bon-jour \">\n <button onClick=\"toggleThisFold(event)\" class=\"relative block w-full text-left\">\n <h4 class=\"text-revolver font-black my-5 pr-10\">Partner resources<\/h4>\n <\/button>\n <div class=\"contents\">\n <div class=\"text-salt-box text-md mt-0 my-4\">\n    <p><a class=\"span-at-0 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/govlab.hks.harvard.edu\/focus-area\/kin-first-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supporting Kin-First Care<\/a>\u00a0(Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-77 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.gksnetwork.org\/resources\/kinship-navigator-programs-around-the-united-states\/__;!!HmFQeg!F_z32nFAtF44fk56eJHgjgNk5JRLR1eBbagzlWHZ22Leitx51roJq3He-KLtoDfOz5T0VmWYd9IfcoKQcttS$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kinship Navigator Programs Around the United States<\/a>\u00a0(Grandfamilies &amp; Kinship Support Network)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-172 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/govlab.hks.harvard.edu\/insight\/how-to-build-a-system-that-never-stops-looking-for-kin\/__;!!HmFQeg!F_z32nFAtF44fk56eJHgjgNk5JRLR1eBbagzlWHZ22Leitx51roJq3He-KLtoDfOz5T0VmWYd9Ifcoccv8VX$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Build a System that Never Stops Looking for Kin: Challenges and Opportunities in Keeping Family the Focus<\/a>\u00a0(Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-338 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/govlab.hks.harvard.edu\/insight\/kin-first-management-strategies\/__;!!HmFQeg!F_z32nFAtF44fk56eJHgjgNk5JRLR1eBbagzlWHZ22Leitx51roJq3He-KLtoDfOz5T0VmWYd9IfcskWZ6cV$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Translating Kin-First Commitments Into Practice: Management Strategies for Child Welfare Leaders<\/a>\u00a0(Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-488 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childwelfare.gov\/resources\/working-kinship-caregivers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Working with Kinship Caregivers<\/a>\u00a0(Child Welfare Information Gateway)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aecf.org\/resources\/kinship-process-mapping-full\">Kinship Process Mapping: A Guide to Improving Practice in Kinship Care<\/a> (The Annie E. Casey Foundation)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n <\/li>\n  <\/ol>\n  <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media self-start \">\n    <h2 class=\"mt-3\">Resources<\/h2>\n   <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-spring-wood margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n   <h2> What policy levers  <span class=\"special-underline\">support<\/span>  kinship care?<\/h2>\n  \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><div id=\"689cab2665a54\" class=\"component page-object ceros-text-editor text-plus is-rendering-placeholders text-plus-loading-finished-689cab2665a54\" data-container-id=\"689cab8865a57,689caaf365a53\">\n<div class=\"ceros-text-editor\">\n<p>Policies can pave the way. New federal regulations announced in 2023 allow states, territories and IV-E tribal nations to create\u00a0kin-specific licensing standards\u00a0designed to encourage kinship care.\u00a0They also require jurisdictions to\u00a0provide children the same financial support\u00a0they would receive if placed with extended family as they would receive with non-kin caregivers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-left addon-button\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n    <h2>Support means Bristol can stay with family <\/h2>\n   <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><div id=\"689cc73b65a8f\" class=\"component page-object ceros-text-editor text-plus is-rendering-placeholders text-plus-loading-finished-689cc73b65a8f\" data-container-id=\"689cc73b65a8e,689caaf365a53\">\n<div class=\"ceros-text-editor\">\n<p>A kin-first culture requires partnership, starting with those who write the policy and continuing through to everyone working in the system.\u00a0Kinship caregivers are often called on in a moment of crisis to maintain the bonds of family and community that are critical to healthy childhood development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n   <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/california-kinship-story\/\" target=\"\">Watch video<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media  \">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bristol.png\" alt=\"Caregiver Callie Drefs and Bristol\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-left addon-accordion\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n  <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><p>The following resources highlight specific policies \u2013 federal, state and agency-specific \u2013 that help to build a kin-first culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <ol class=\"accordion border-gray-suit mt-8\">\n  <li class=\"border-b border-bon-jour open\">\n <button onClick=\"toggleThisFold(event)\" class=\"relative block w-full text-left\">\n <h4 class=\"text-revolver font-black my-5 pr-10\">Casey Family Programs resources<\/h4>\n <\/button>\n <div class=\"contents\">\n <div class=\"text-salt-box text-md mt-0 my-4\">\n    <p><a class=\"span-at-0 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/first-placement-family-placement\/\">What are some strategies that prioritize first placement of children with a family?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-83 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/develop-fund-kinship-navigator\/\">How are kinship navigator programs developed and funded?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-141 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/a2a-kinship-supports-intervention\/\">What is the impact of Title IV-E waiver kinship supports intervention?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-213 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/ending-need-for-group-placements\/?section=le2\">Ending the Need for Group Placement, Lever 2: Building blocks for kin-first culture<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-298 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/border-agreements\/\">How can an effective border agreement support timely placement with kin?<\/a><\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n <\/li>\n  <li class=\"border-b border-bon-jour \">\n <button onClick=\"toggleThisFold(event)\" class=\"relative block w-full text-left\">\n <h4 class=\"text-revolver font-black my-5 pr-10\">Partner resources<\/h4>\n <\/button>\n <div class=\"contents\">\n <div class=\"text-salt-box text-md mt-0 my-4\">\n    <p><a class=\"span-at-0 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gksnetwork.org\/resources\/new-federal-rule-supports-kinship-families-in-foster-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New federal rule supports kinship families in foster care<\/a>\u00a0(Grandfamilies &amp; Kinship Support Network)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-99 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grandfamilies.org\/Portals\/0\/Kin-Specific_Foster_Home_Approval_Standards_2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kin-Specific Foster Home Approval Standards<\/a>\u00a0(Grandfamilies.org)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-164 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grandfamilies.org\/Resources\/Kin-Specific-Licensing-Standards-Sample-Forms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kin-Specific Licensing Standards Sample Forms<\/a>\u00a0(Grandfamilies.org)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-231 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grandfamilies.org\/Portals\/0\/Kin%20licensing%20progress%20map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Map of kin-specific licensing progress<\/a>\u00a0(Generations United)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-292 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gksnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kin-Finding-Toolkit-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kin-Finding Toolkit<\/a>\u00a0(Grandfamilies &amp; Kinship Support Network)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-355 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gksnetwork.org\/resources\/kin-mobilization-learning-collaborative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kin Mobilization Learning Collaborative<\/a>\u00a0(Grandfamilies &amp; Kinship Support Network)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aecf.org\/series\/family-ties\">Family Ties: Analysis from a State-By-State Survey of Kinship Care Policies<\/a> (The Annie E. Casey Foundation)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n <\/li>\n  <\/ol>\n  <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media self-start \">\n    <h2 class=\"mt-3\">Resources<\/h2>\n   <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-spring-wood margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n   <h2> <span class=\"special-underline\">How do we<\/span>  support kinship care?<\/h2>\n  \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><div id=\"689cab2665a54\" class=\"component page-object ceros-text-editor text-plus is-rendering-placeholders text-plus-loading-finished-689cab2665a54\" data-container-id=\"689cab8865a57,689caaf365a53\">\n<div class=\"ceros-text-editor\">\n<p>Communities and child welfare systems are employing strategies to encourage the practice of kinship care. These include\u00a0kinship navigator programs\u00a0to help families find their way through complex systems and obtain the right supports, and\u00a0family-finding services\u00a0to keep children connected to family, community and culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-right addon-button\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n    <h2>\u2018I don\u2019t know who I would be\u2019<\/h2>\n   <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><div id=\"689cc73b65a8f\" class=\"component page-object ceros-text-editor text-plus is-rendering-placeholders text-plus-loading-finished-689cc73b65a8f\" data-container-id=\"689cc73b65a8e,689caaf365a53\">\n<div class=\"ceros-text-editor\">\n<p>Those raised by kin can speak best to the transformative effects of kinship care.\u00a0Children in foster care who are placed with kin experience a natural pairing that can help them avoid feelings that they don\u2019t belong and struggles\u00a0with their identity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n   <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/i-dont-know-who-i-would-be\/\" target=\"\">Watch video<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media  \">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Keeton.png\" alt=\"Keeton Byerly and his wife\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"quote content-section light wp-block-quote backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-warm-ceramic margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n  <div class=\"basic-quote text-revolver\">\n <blockquote class=\"relative z-0\"><p>Being a kinship provider and being a kinship child, it really provides hope because it\u2019s saying, \u2018My family didn\u2019t give up on me.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n  <figcaption class=\"text-md text-right mt-9 font-sofiapro\"><cite>&mdash; Jonathon Henry, kinship caregiver<\/cite><\/figcaption>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-left addon-button\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n    <h2>Ensuring children have what they need with kin<\/h2>\n   <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><div id=\"689cc73b65a8f\" class=\"component page-object ceros-text-editor text-plus is-rendering-placeholders text-plus-loading-finished-689cc73b65a8f\" data-container-id=\"689cc73b65a8e,689caaf365a53\">\n<div class=\"ceros-text-editor\">\n<p>Agencies are focusing on recognizing and engaging with kin to raise children who have been removed from their home.\u00a0Children placed with kin still need the same levels of support that other children in foster care need to ensure they have everything they\u00a0need to grow up healthy, do well in school and access the specific services they need to reach their full potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n   <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/connecting-with-kin-in-ohio\/\" target=\"\">Watch video<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media  \">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jonathan-Henry.png\" alt=\"Kinship caregiver Jonathon Henry and sister Chrishonna Walker\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-left addon-accordion\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n  <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><p>The following resources offer strategies for supporting kinship care to ensure that children living with kin have appropriate supports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <ol class=\"accordion border-gray-suit mt-8\">\n  <li class=\"border-b border-bon-jour open\">\n <button onClick=\"toggleThisFold(event)\" class=\"relative block w-full text-left\">\n <h4 class=\"text-revolver font-black my-5 pr-10\">Casey Family Programs resources<\/h4>\n <\/button>\n <div class=\"contents\">\n <div class=\"text-salt-box text-md mt-0 my-4\">\n    <p><a class=\"span-at-0 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/kinship-care-substance-use\/\">What supports can benefit kinship caregivers in families affected by substance use disorder?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-92 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/kinship-guardians-overview\/\">How can guardianship be better utilized to promote permanency and well-being?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-171 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/what-are-kinship-navigators\/\">What are kinship navigator programs?<\/a><\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n <\/li>\n  <li class=\"border-b border-bon-jour \">\n <button onClick=\"toggleThisFold(event)\" class=\"relative block w-full text-left\">\n <h4 class=\"text-revolver font-black my-5 pr-10\">Partner resources<\/h4>\n <\/button>\n <div class=\"contents\">\n <div class=\"text-salt-box text-md mt-0 my-4\">\n    <p><a class=\"span-at-229 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grandfamilies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grandfamilies.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-81 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.gksnetwork.org\/resources\/resource-guides-kinship-caregivers\/?__;!!HmFQeg!F_z32nFAtF44fk56eJHgjgNk5JRLR1eBbagzlWHZ22Leitx51roJq3He-KLtoDfOz5T0VmWYd9IfcgSwAhjR$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resource Guides for Kin Caregivers and Those Who Work with Them<\/a>\u00a0(Grandfamilies &amp; Kinship Support Network)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aecf.org\/resources\/engaging-and-supporting-kinship-caregivers\">Engaging and Supporting Kinship Caregivers<\/a> (The Annie E. Casey Foundation)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"span-at-0 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.grandfamilies.org\/Portals\/0\/Legal-Service-Models-for-Kin-Caregivers.pdf?__;!!HmFQeg!F_z32nFAtF44fk56eJHgjgNk5JRLR1eBbagzlWHZ22Leitx51roJq3He-KLtoDfOz5T0VmWYd9Ifcre5UmK2$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legal Service Models for Kin Caregivers<\/a>\u00a0(Grandfamilies &amp; Kinship Support Network)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aecf.org\/resources\/family-ties\/supporting-unlicensed-kinship-caregivers\">Supporting Unlicensed Kinship Caregivers<\/a> (The Annie E. Casey Foundation) \u200b<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n <\/li>\n  <\/ol>\n  <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media self-start \">\n    <h2 class=\"mt-3\">Resources<\/h2>\n   <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><script>\nvar gform;gform||(document.addEventListener(\"gform_main_scripts_loaded\",function(){gform.scriptsLoaded=!0}),document.addEventListener(\"gform\/theme\/scripts_loaded\",function(){gform.themeScriptsLoaded=!0}),window.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){gform.domLoaded=!0}),gform={domLoaded:!1,scriptsLoaded:!1,themeScriptsLoaded:!1,isFormEditor:()=>\"function\"==typeof 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