Selected Resources

Kinship Care: Best Practice Guidance
Child Welfare League of America (2005)
Guidelines for child welfare professionals working with kinship families.

Kinship/Relative Care (PDF - 100 KB)
National Resource Center for Foster Care & Permanency Planning (2002)
Facts and information about kinship and relative care for children. Includes a list of relevant websites and links to additional factsheets.

Commitment to Kin: Elements of a Support and Service System for Kinship Care
Casey Family Programs (2004)
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A guide for the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies, programs, practices, services, and supports for kinship families.

Kinship Care (PDF - 62 KB)
National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (2004)
An overview of kinship care, including definitions and incidence, State and Federal policy, characteristics of kinship caregivers and children, and services to kinship caregivers.

Kinship Care: Making the Most of a Valuable Resource
Geen (Ed.) (2003)
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Describes frontline kinship care practices and explores how and why child welfare agencies approach kin and nonkin foster care differently.