Grandfamily and kin caregivers are people who help when a child’s parents are unable to care for them, taking on the responsibility of raising their grandchildren or the children of a relative or friend and making themselves and their home into a soft spot for the children. When a young person comes out as LGBTQ+, their kin/grandfamily caregiver may be the last to know because an LGBTQ+ young person might be fearful of losing that close relationship and unconditional love. SAGE and PFLAG National will share strategies from their Supporting Your LGBTQ+ Grandchild toolkit that will guide you on how to help kinship/grandfamilies provide the support that LGBTQ+ youth need.
Presenters:
Learn from several kinship programs that have developed respite services that are tailored to the unique circumstances of kinship/grandfamilies.
SAGE and PFLAG National will share strategies from their Supporting Your LGBTQ+ Grandchild toolkit that will guide you on how to help kinship/grandfamilies provide the support that LGBTQ+ youth need.
Learn from the findings of a trauma-informed kin caregiver training program that is being implemented in one state to assess the efficacy and utility of this intervention among a sample of formal kinship caregivers.
