May 14, 2025
One of the greatest challenges for kinship families is that they often lack full legal rights and responsibilities for the children in their care. Legal services can be costly, inaccessible, and unknown by kin caregivers. Without legal assistance and guidance, many kin caregivers cannot access the services and supports they need to meet a child’s basic needs.
Fortunately, there are a number of legal models that are being used successfully by organizations around the country to provide critical legal services to kinship/grandfamilies. The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network’s Subject Matter Experts from the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law helped identify legal models and strategies that are being used to successfully help kinship families across the country. They shared what they learned and were joined by several organizations that are helping these families overcome their challenges with accessing legal services and obtaining guardianship, power of attorney, or other legal relationships to children in their care.
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.
September 10, 2025 from 2:00 - 3:30 PM ET
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Join the National Indian Child Welfare Association and the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network to explore how states and Tribes can work together to best support relative caregivers and families.
Join us for a discussion on what we can learn about kinship families using placement data, and how these data-driven insights can help further the case for a kinship-first culture.
