Learning Community Session: Trauma Informed Case Studies with Dr. Mike Sherman
Explore how traumatic life experiences can present in children, from newborns through teens, and participate in an interactive discussion on supportive strategies.
Five Actions for Supporting Students and Caregivers in Kinship/Grandfamilies: A Toolkit for K-12 School Professionals and Kinship Service Providers
January 30, 2025
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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Federal Nutrition Programs & Kinship/
Grandfamilies Series: Summer Nutrition Programs Join experts from the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) for a four-part series of “office hours” style webinars where you can learn about federal nutrition programs, ask questions, and share experiences from your community.
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Housing for Grandfamilies: A Rising Need
As social service agencies and policy makers grapple with increasing demands for grandfamily and kinship housing, this webinar features two organizations that are providing much-needed housing for grandfamilies.
