View this webinar for the rollout of a new practical toolkit designed to help K-12 education professionals and kinship service providers around the country. The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network’s “Five Actions for Supporting Students and Caregivers in Kinship/Grandfamilies” is designed to do just that – provide you with five concrete sets of actions that you take in your community to reach out and serve grandparents and other kin caregivers and the students they raise more meaningfully and inclusively. During this webinar, access tools, learn tips, and hear from education stakeholders who helped create this practical resource – it complements the Generations United 2024 State of Grandfamilies & Kinship Care Report, “Pathways to Success.” Log off with actionable tips to help students and kin caregivers that you can implement in your community.
Presenters:
Ana Beltran, Director, Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network, Generations United
Jamarl Clark, Assistant Director, National Center on Grandfamilies, Generations United
Victoria Gray, Generations United GRAND Voice & Executive Director, Grey Nickel, Arizona
Join us to explore newly compiled state data on TANF child-only grants, compiled by our partners at Child Trends, along with strategies and policies that states and tribes use to improve kinship/grandfamilies' access to this important support.
Learn replicable ideas and strategies to provide supportive legal assistance to kinship families in your community through legal education and resources, brief legal services, and legal representation.
Generations United’s 2025 Intergenerational Conference, will be held in Louisville, KY, and will include a full-day preconference intensive on kinship and grandfamilies on June 25th, along with a full conference track on the families and programs, policies, and practices that support them.