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Access to services and government agencies such as family court, child care, health/mental health services, respite care, and various specialists can be scarce in rural areas.
If you are a Native parent or relative caregiver of a child who was removed from their parents by a state child welfare system, this resource prepared by the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) is for you.
Long waitlists, high costs, and limited choices make finding child care a challenge for most families. Many grandfamilies have an immediate need for child care and no idea where to turn.
As the children in their care enter their senior year of high school, kin/grandfamily caregivers will be thinking about what comes next, including, potentially, higher education and how to pay for it.
This resource spotlights the best practices and visionary approaches of three of these exemplary programs.
Navigating a child’s relationship with their parents can be one of the most difficult aspects of being a kin caregiver.
You can help caregivers recognize when they have compassion fatigue and encourage them to get the support they need.
Many kin caregivers count peer support groups as the lifeline that helped them carry on. Here are seven tips for getting started.
The National Indian Child Welfare Association developed this resource as a tip sheet that tribal service providers can give to people who are seeking to become a caregiver for a minor relative child or seeking to provide support to and/or advocate for a minor relative child in an out-of-home placement.
An important federal rule for title IV-E child welfare agencies around the country has changed to support kinship families in the foster care system.
