Browse Our Resource Library
Explore our archive of kinship/grandfamily webinars, fact sheets, toolkits, how-to guides, and more.
Browse ResourcesWe help government agencies and nonprofits in states, tribes, and territories work across jurisdictional and systemic boundaries to improve supports and services for families in which grandparents, other relatives, or close family friends are raising children.
Our umbrella of technical assistance provides professionals with opportunities to engage in learning, enhance quality of services, and build capacity to better serve kinship/grandfamilies.
Decades of research shows that there are many benefits to placing children with grandfamilies and kinship families. Kin-first is an important concept that many states, tribes, and territories have embraced, but they need help in better understanding and supporting these families.
Along with our partners, we work with the nation’s leading experts on kinship and grandfamilies, including those who bring the fundamental expertise of being a member of a kinship/grandfamily, to improve services and supports for families in states, tribes, and territories.
Explore our archive of kinship/grandfamily webinars, fact sheets, toolkits, how-to guides, and more.
Browse ResourcesGuide/Report
Kinship/Grandfamilies: The Role of Area Agencies on Aging and Title VI Native American Aging ProgramsLearn how the Aging Network is helping to support kinship/ grandfamilies, based on a recent USAging poll.
General Resource
Supporting Educational Access for Kinship/GrandfamiliesThis resource will help direct-service professionals assist caregivers in ensuring the children they raise have the educational experiences needed to thrive.
Video
Kinship/Grandfamilies Thrive with Peer SupportMeet grandfather Keith Lowhorne, who explains the value of peer support in helping his grandson and granddaughter thrive.
Community Program Professional, County Health & Human Services AgencyThank you for putting together these amazing resources, webinars, and materials. They are invaluable and so needed for folks who work with kinship families.”
Kinship Navigator Program DirectorIt was terrific to connect with other navigator programs across the county. There were so many terrific ideas shared.”
Executive Director, Nonprofit Family-Serving AgencyWe felt so inspired to see what others were doing. Our heads are spinning–in a good way.”