Strengthening Kinship Support by Title VI Native American Aging Programs
Grandparents and other relatives play a vital role in Native American communities, raising roughly 200,000 Native American children whose parents are unable to care for them.
Aging
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Strengthening Kinship Support Through Area Agencies on Aging
Using data collected from USAging’s 2025 nationally representative survey of AAAs, this report summarizes the types of services AAAs offer to kinship families and their top challenges in doing so.
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Pathways to Partnerships: Tips for Area Agencies on Aging and Title VI Native American Aging Programs to Improve Support for Kinship/
Grandfamilies This tip sheet provides AAAs and Title VI programs with ideas for initiating community partnerships to support kinship/grandfamilies.
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Lessons from the Field: Overcoming Transportation Barriers in Supporting Kinship/
Grandfamilies Kinship/grandfamilies have a well-documented need for reliable and affordable transportation.
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Lessons from the Field: Leveraging Partnerships to Address Staff and Infrastructure Needs and Extend Reach
This set of case profiles builds upon the work of a learning community hosted by the Network and USAging for AAAs and Title VI programs interested in starting new kin caregiver supportive services at their organizations.
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Leveraging Partnerships to Better Support Kin Caregivers
This resource explores how community partners can help, how you can help them, and where to look for partners, and it provides tips on developing partnerships.
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Root Cause Analysis, Change Theory, and Logic Models
While root cause analyses, change theories, and logic models cannot guarantee a successful program, they can increase its likelihood. This resource explains what those tools are, how they can help, and how to use them.
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Kin Caregiver Service Needs
Conducting a community needs assessment can help you both discover and understand the needs of kin caregivers in your community, which are two critical steps to ensuring your new program has the greatest possible impact.
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Assessing Community Needs
This resource describes steps to conduct a community needs assessment and shares tips for planning one.
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Getting to Know Kin Caregivers & Involving Them in Program Development
This resource provides background information about kin caregivers and their families, describes program development, and explains how and why to involve kin caregivers in your program development process.
