Black Kinship Families – Identifying Needs and Challenges
This video conversation addresses the needs and challenges of black kinship families and provides recommendations on how to better support them.
Resources
The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network’s Resource Library is a centralized hub of resources for professionals who are serving and supporting grandfamilies and kinship families. It features resources created by the Network and its partners and subject matter experts, including fact sheets, tip sheets, webinars, practical toolkits, reports, videos, and research/data.
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Kinship Assessment Tool
The ABA Center on Children and the Law and Generations United, in partnership with Casey Family Programs, have created this practical kinship assessment tool with…
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Relevant Trainings for Kin Caregivers and Those Who Work with Them
These trainings and curricula have not been reviewed or evaluated by the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network or Generations United and are not endorsed by…
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Navigating the Relationship with Your Adult Child
If you’re a grandparent raising a grandchild, you already have a relationship with a parent of the child–one that can be tough to navigate.
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Caring for a Child Affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
This resource is designed to provide information about how drinking alcohol during pregnancy can affect children. It also provides kin caregivers with tips for raising children who were exposed to alcohol before birth.
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Aging Network Services and Supports for Kin/
Grandfamily Caregivers This fact sheet is for professionals working within an array of government systems and nonprofit organizations that support (or want to support) kinship/grandfamilies. It highlights…
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Connecting with Families in Black and Indigenous Communities
Kin/grandfamily caregivers’ ideas about their roles in protecting and providing for the children in their care depend on their families’ values and cultures.
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Grand Connections for Grandparents
Grand Connections connects kinship/grandfamilies with others who share similar experiences.
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The Grandparents’ Guide: What’s New? What’s the Same?
What's new and what's the same when it comes to caring for infants and toddlers?
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Black Kinship Families and Culturally Appropriate Engagement
This 12-minute video presents a conversation between Karyne Jones, President and CEO of the National Caucus & Center on Black Aging, Inc. (NCBA), and Anita…
