SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's a startling number -- about 22% of San Francisco's unhoused population were once in the foster care system, according to a city report. That's what makes the work of the ...

About 36,000 New Mexico children were raised by their grandparents or other next-of-kin in 2023. (Photo courtesy of New Mexico Aging Services) Kinship caregivers in approximately half a dozen counties ...

With January being National Mentoring Month, Kinship of Martin County is full throttle into a new year of assisting local ...

Kinship Navigator Programs are increasingly popular within the child welfare field as the use of kinship caregivers has gained popularity. Kinship Navigator Programs are designed to provide ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The number of grandparents and older adults raising children continues to climb, according to the Area Office on Aging (AOoA). In light of this increase, the organization has developed ...

Nearly 3 million grandparents across the country are caring for their children’s children, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Often they have no formal custody arrangement, no legal guardianship and ...

BRAINERD — Beginning this summer, Kinship Partners, a local youth mentoring organization, is moving programming to the Brainerd Family YMCA. “This is a big transition for our programs and staff,” said ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — As of September of last year, more than 2.4 million kids in the U.S. are being raised in kinship or grandfamilies — that's according to the Grandfamilies and Kinship Support Network.

September is National Kinship Care Month, and on Sept. 15, the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) hosted a kickoff event for the new Colorado Kinnected Kinship Navigator Program at the Adams ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) — South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster was joined by South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) Director Michael Leach, members of the General Assembly, non-profit ...

CHARLESTON — Members of the House Health and Human Resources Committee approved a bill tweaking West Virginia’s kinship foster care program and improving salaries for workers within the Department of ...