The following resources were shared by presenters and participants during the 2022 Regional Convenings of the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network.
Caregiver Information/Data
Kinship Promising Practices (Generations United & ABA Center on Children and the Law)
Grandfamilies & Kinship Families: Strengths and Challenges (Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Racial Equity Toolkits Featuring Grandfamilies (Generations United)
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Access (IDEA) Framework (OhioKAN)
Group agreements to support diversity, equity and inclusion (KinnectOhio)
Education/Healthcare Access for Children in Kinship/Grandfamilies
McKinney-Vento State Coordinators List
State of Maine McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program Caregiver Authorization Form
DC Primary Caregiver School Enrollment Forms (DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education)
State Educational and Health Care Consent Laws (Generations United)
Consent for Healthcare for your Child (Washington State Department of Social and Health Services)
California Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit (California Courts) (California Courts)
Food/Nutrition
Making WIC Work Better: Welcoming Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (Food Research & Action Center)
Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the Build Back Better Act (Food Research & Action Center)
Housing
Bridge Meadows Intergenerational Housing Program
PSS/WSF Grandparent Family Apartments
Legal
DC KinCare Alliance Legal and Public Benefits Forms
Legal Center for Foster Care and Education
Alabama Kinship Guardian Desktop Tool
State Adoption Assistance Program (National Council on Adoptable Children)
Licensing Kin as Foster Parents
Nebraska Caregiver Responsibility Tool
Relative Licensing Exception (Child Welfare Playbook)
Navigator/Support/Resource Programs (sorted by state)
AK Volunteers of America Alaska
CA: Lilliput Kinship Support Services Program
CT: Children’s Community Programs of Connecticut-Center for Kinship Services
DE: Delaware Kinship Navigator Program operated by Children’s Choice
FL KIN-TECH™ Kinship Navigation and Children’s Home Network
IA Iowa Families First Counseling Services Kinship Navigation Services
KS Kansas Family Advisory Network Kinship Navigator Program
ME Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine Kinship Program
MI Kinship Care Resource Center at the School of Social Work/Michigan State University
MN Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota-Kinship Family Support Services
MO Missouri Kinship Navigator Program via ParentLink at University of Missouri
MO Central Missouri Foster Care & Adoption Association Kinship Navigation Program
MT Montana Kinship Navigator Program
NE Nebraska Kinship Navigation Program
NH New Hampshire Kinship Navigation Program
NH New Hampshire Family Caregiver Support Program
NY New York Kinship Navigator Program
OR Oregon Kinship Navigator Program
SC HALOS
TN Tennessee Relative Caregiver Program
UT Children’s Service Society of Utah Kinship Support Program
WA Family Education and Support Services
WY Kinship Connections of Wyoming
Oversight and Advisory Committees/Commissions
CTFamilyFirst: Kinship and Foster Care Workgroup
Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Washington Kinship Care Oversight Committee
Research/Evaluation
Strategies to Build Evidence for Kinship Navigator Programs Under the Family First (Child Trends)
National Implementation Research Network
Respite
Lifespan Respite Care Program (Administration for Community Living)
9 Steps to Respite for Grandfamilies (ARCH National Respite Network)
Substance Misuse/Mental health
Kingston Scales Institute Caregiver Stress Scale
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Other Financial Support
Improving Grandfamilies’ Access to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Generations United)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Supported Permanency Program (Oklahoma Policy)
Minnesota Family Investment Program (TANF)
DC KinCare Alliance Legal and Public Benefits Forms
Know Your Resources: Nonparent Caregiver Benefits (NY State Office of Children and Family Services)
Training Resources for Caregivers and Professionals
Engaging Kinship Caregivers with Dr. Joseph Crumbley (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
UMaine Center on Aging Certificate in Grandfamilies Leadership
Parenting a Second Time Around (PASTA)
Pennsylvania KinConnector Family Care Professionals training with Dr. Joseph Crumbley
Tribal Resources
New Mexico Indian Family Protection Act
Igniting Kinship: Restoring the Office of Indian Education Strategic Plan (Arizona)
Other resources
Information about the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network
New York State Navigator Permission to Contact Form
Family Focused Treatment Association Kinship Therapeutic Foster Care Pilot
The Affordable Connectivity Program (Federal Communications Commission)
*The Network is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $9,950,000 with 95 percentage funded by ACL/HHS and $523,684 and 5 percentage funded by non-government sources. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
