If you’re a grandparent or older person who’s had to take over caring for a younger family member, you’ve probably realized there’s not a lot of support out there. Some groups are trying to change ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 5-year-old girl plays on a climbing wall at a playground in Illinois in 2023. Over the past decade, states have worked steadily ...

For grandfamilies with no child welfare involvement, a peer-support group is invaluable. For grandfamilies with no child welfare involvement, peer-support groups connect caregivers to other caregivers ...

BISMARCK — North Dakota Health and Human Services announced Thursday, Jan. 2, that funding assistance is available to cover the legal costs associated with gaining guardianship as a kinship caregiver.

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinship families, sometimes referred to as grandfamilies, are families where grandparents, other relatives or close family friends are raising children whose parents ...

States are increasingly promoting kinship care as a preferred option for children who cannot remain safely at home, but wide disparities remain in licensing standards, funding access, and caregiver ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — 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 ...

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, ...

NEW YORK (AP) – As more of America’s children are raised by relatives other than their parents, state and local governments need to do better in helping these families cope with an array of financial ...

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 ...

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 ...