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Five Actions for Supporting Students and Caregivers in Kinship/Grandfamilies: A Toolkit for K-12 School Professionals and Kinship Service Providers

January 30, 2025

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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
  • Rainie Jueschke, CFRE, Executive Director, ISDD, Georgia
  • Emily Peeler, Senior Attorney, ABA Center on Children and the Law
  • Laurie Tapozada, Generations United GRAND Voice & Kinship Development Consultant, The Village for Rhode Island Foster and Adoptive Families
  • Angela Tobin, Founder/Director, Kinship Caregivers Connect, Ohio

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