Valuing and Supporting Kin Caregivers: A Training for Child Welfare Agencies
April 15, 2025 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM ET
The “Valuing and Supporting Kin Caregivers” training is designed to be flexible and tailorable to your agency’s needs.
The Important Role of Area Agencies on Aging and Title VI Native American Aging Programs in Serving Kinship/ Grandfamilies: Research, Resources, and Strategies for Success
January 11, 2023
View the accompanying fact sheet on Area Agencies on Aging and Title VI Native American Programs
Over 2.6 million U.S. children are raised by grandparents, other relatives or close family friends. Many Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and Title VI Native American Aging Programs (Title VI programs) provide a variety of supportive services for kinship/grandfamilies.
The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network hosted a webinar on January 11, 2023, which highlighted new research that documents how AAAs and Title VI programs are helping these families. We heard from Area Agencies on Aging and Title VI programs about their successes in serving kinship/grandfamilies and why it’s important to develop and sustain programs to support these families.
Our Presenters:
Ana Beltran, Director of the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network: A National Technical Assistance Center
Leland Kiang is a program manager at USAging. He oversees USAging’s role in in the Grandfamilies and Kinship Support Network: A National Technical Assistance Center
Arcelia Armstrong, Coordinator, Caregiver Support Program and Kinship Navigator Program, Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio
Theresa Jorgensen, Caregiver Support Services Manager, Southeast Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability
Pam Plimpton, Intergenerational Coordinator, County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency, Aging & Independence Services
Marsha Rose, Kinship Navigator Program Supervisor, Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio
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Call for Exemplary Kinship/
Grandfamilies Practices Deadline to apply is Tuesday, April 22, 2025
This new request for exemplary kinship/grandfamilies applications welcomes the submission of practices that have anecdotal or empirical evidence of success.
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TANF and Kinship/
Grandfamilies Join us to explore newly compiled state data on TANF child-only grants, compiled by our partners at Child Trends, along with strategies and policies that states and tribes use to improve kinship/grandfamilies' access to this important support.
