Bridging Systems for Kinship Families
Applications Due by January 30, 2024
The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network is thrilled to roll out a unique opportunity to work with the nation’s leading experts on kinship families, all free of charge.
Collaboration
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Identifying and Engaging Untapped Partners to Support Kinship/
Grandfamilies This tip sheet provides strategies for building a repertoire of community resources and identifying, engaging, navigating, and maintaining new community connections that will sustain families over time. Use this as a quick reference tool to identify additional community partners that may not immediately come to mind when providing services to kinship families.
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Identifying and Engaging Untapped Partners to Support Kinship Families
The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network hosted a webinar on June 13, 2023 with a panel representing national organizations – including Family Resource Centers - that have local programming in communities across the country.
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Making a Difference
This month, we’re spotlighting two kinship programs – one run by an aging agency in Ohio and one led by a child welfare agency in Washington – that make a difference in their communities
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Regional and Tribal Convenings: Themes and Promising Practices
Explore the themes and promising practices that were highlighted at the regional and tribal convenings held across the country in 2022.
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Tips to Include Kinship/
Grandfamilies in Programmatic Decision-Making Increasingly, government and nonprofit leaders are recognizing the value of engaging individuals with lived experience when creating and enhancing programs and services. Programs and services…
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Collaboration Strategies for Tribes, or Non-Native Service Providers Working with Tribes, to Support Kinship/
Grandfamilies The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network hosted a webinar on May 10, 2023 with Dr. Terry Cross, where he provided a brief review of collaboration: what it is, why to collaborate, and how it can be successfully accomplished.
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Collaboration for Grandfamilies and Kinship Families Support
This webinar provided an overview of collaboration and how to develop collaborative service approaches.
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Cross-Program Collaboration
Supporting Cross-Program Collaboration to Best Serve Kinship Families Presented at the Regional Convening of the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network: A National Technical Assistance Center…
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Kinship Care Resource Centers
Promoting Cross-System Collaboration – the Kinship Care Resource Center: Michigan State University School of Social Work Programs Presented at the Regional Convening of the Grandfamilies…
