Paul who lives with his family in The Lake District, talks about the benefits and joys of being a kinship carer to Sidney.

The number of kinship caregivers increased nearly 16 percent from 2023 to 2025, after the state began paying unlicensed ...

When aunts or grandmas raise young relatives, it strains finances. One solution keeps families together: affordable housing ...

Earlier this year the Biden administration made headlines for including a large investment in kinship foster care in their 2023 proposed budget. This was historic for many reasons, most importantly ...

On average about 10 children and youth will go into Colorado's foster care system every day. Many of those children will find homes with family members, which is called kinship care. As part of ...

Child welfare agencies in Maryland and throughout the U.S. have long recognized that children who enter the foster care system usually benefit from placement within their family of origin whenever ...

More Colorado children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect or court cases now have an improved chance of ending up living with a biological relative or someone else they know, ...

Child protection workers are exposing vulnerable children to more risk by leaving them with extended family – often without scrutiny in emergency "drop and run" placements, a secret Department of ...