CHARLESTON — A new Kinship Connector tool will help kinship caregivers, like grandparents or other relatives caring for children in their family, access legal information. The free tool connects those ...

A new grant is set to expand legal and navigation support for thousands of Lowcountry families stepping in to raise children who cannot remain with their biological parents.

With the nation's highest rate of incarcerated women, Idaho sees 43,000 children in kinship care. Resources help relatives ...

Jessica Eagle Star helps her son Noran across the monkey bars at the park in Winner on Aug. 29, 2023. Eagle Star has served as a state-licensed foster parent. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) ...

How do agencies for foster parents and potential kinship caregivers ensure that foster parents and potential kinship caregivers’ rights are protected in the wake of the recent Pennsylvania Supreme ...

Rita, a 54-year-old grandmother, has been a kinship caregiver to her 7-year-old granddaughter since her infancy. A kinship caregiver is defined as a grandparent, another family member or a close ...

When a child who is alleged to be abused or neglected is removed from a parent’s care to the care and custody of the State, (a local department of social services – “department”), the State must ...

At work, when colleagues congratulate me on becoming a parent, I smile, nod, and say thank you — it’s the expected response. But inside, I am grieving, angry and in pain. These interactions underscore ...

SEATTLE — Grandparents and older relatives are often stepping in as primary caregivers when biological parents are unable to provide care for their children. In fact, about 40,000 grandparents are ...

Help is on the way for Northern New Mexicans raising their relatives’ children. But some say the aid is only a start. The New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department is accepting applications ...

For children experiencing the trauma of being separated from their parents and put in the foster system, the best option is to remain with relatives like grandparents, aunts and uncles. To its credit, ...