Kinship Care

Despite billions raised from opioid settlements, relatives caring for kids whose parents died from overdoses get little to no support.

When child welfare systems rely on kin, they should do it with full support and not through diversion, writes Sharon McDaniel

A rare data set obtained by The Imprint reveals the state has struggled to diversify its pool of foster parents — years after criticism from federal officials.

A pending bill would enhance representation for relatives when vital decisions are made about children caught up in the foster care system.

By Josh Gupta-Kagan Money impacts relationships. And when the money involved is a foster care subsidy to kinship caregivers, it can drive a wedge in relationships between parents and kinship caregivers that should be strengthened, not strained.

Todd Lloyd reflects on the findings of new research about the practice of kinship diversion done by the Annie E. Casey Foundation

Over the summer, The Imprint Weekly Podcast will feature episodes with subject matter experts to talk about several new rules and regulations issued by the Biden administration in the past year. 

A new report on kinship caregiving in America shows that federal spending to help relatives care for the children of loved ones as increased

LaShawnDa Pittman spent years studying the lives of dozens of grandmothers in the Chicago area for her book, Grandmothering While Black.  “Despite managing the simultaneity of love and coercion,” she writes, “the Black grandmothers in this study demonstrated their love for their grandchildren in their willingness to provide care, as an extension of parenting and sometimes in place of it.”