Kinship Peer Liaisons: Harnessing Lived Experience to Support Families
Peer connections are an underutilized yet infinitely powerful source of support for kinship families, who often feel alone and overwhelmed on their journey. As a…
Navigating Family Dynamics: A Native Youth Perspective
March 21, 2023
The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network’s partner, the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA), hosted a webinar on March 21, 2023, during which a panel discussion was framed with the relational worldview model, an Indigenous model that looks at well-being as a balance between the four quadrants—environment, mind, body, and spirit. Panelists discussed navigating changes in relationships with their relatives from their experience living in a grandfamily/kinship family. Panelists discussed things that helped bring them balance and what support they needed from those around them.
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Across the Map, Around the Table: Six FRC Models Lifting Up Kin Caregivers and Grandfamilies
This webinar will spotlight six Family Resource Centers spanning rural and urban communities, immigrant-serving and faith-based programs, and school-based and mobile models.
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Family Resilience in Black Kinship Care: Perspectives of Children, Caregivers, and Birth Parents
Explore the unique history and use of kinship care in the Black community, one of the community’s enduring family strengths. The presentation will review how…
