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What's needed to help relative caregivers navigate supports and services for the children they are raising?

Family Voices United What's needed to help relative caregivers navigate supports and services for the children they are raising?
Birth Parent
Youth/Alumni
Kinship Caregiver
Organization/Advocate
Family Voices United asked kinship and relative caregivers, parents and current and former foster youth: What's needed to help relative caregivers navigate supports and services for the children they are... (Read more)
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Podcast: Family Voices on Strengthening Families & Keeping Kids out of Foster Care

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Birth Parent
Youth/Alumni
Kinship Caregiver
Listen as Family Voices United members share perspectives on strengthening families and opportunities with prevention support to keep kids out of foster care. Learn how constituents are taking action, getting... (Read more)
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Mental Health
Older Youth
Prevention

Podcast: Family Voices on Legal Representation for Families

Birth Parent
Youth/Alumni
Kinship Caregiver
Organization/Advocate
Listen as Family Voices United members share how legal representation can make a difference for families. Learn how constituents are taking action, getting involved, and building the movement! Click here... (Read more)
Kinship
Older Youth
Prevention

Podcast: Family Voices on Supporting Kinship Families

Birth Parent
Youth/Alumni
Kinship Caregiver
Listen as Family Voices United members share how support can make a difference for kinship families. Learn how constituents are taking action, getting involved, and building the movement! Click here... (Read more)
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Ohio Grandparent Advocates for Fellow Grandparents

Kinship Caregiver
Brenda Ryan, resident of Summit County Ohio, is advocating for grandparents raising grandchildren - particularly those affected by the opioid crises. She has started Keys to Success - an event... (Read more)
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Family Voices United member, Tecoria Jones, spoke at South Carolina's Kinship Day at the Capitol

Kinship Caregiver
Family Voices United member, Tecoria Jones, spoke at South Carolina's Kinship Day at the Capitol in March. In front of the 200+ attendees, she reflected on the importance of solidarity... (Read more)
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"...A contact person for every family - to answer the caregivers' questions about how to navigate the system and be able to share what services are and aren't available..."

Kinship Caregiver
"I believe that a caseworker for each family is needed. This would be a person that they can call with questions about how to navigate through the system, what services... (Read more)
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"I would like to see more opportunities for kinship and foster families (parents and kids) to connect. It's most helpful to learn about resources from peers that have been through it."

Kinship Caregiver
"I would like to see more opportunities for kinship and foster families (parents and kids) to connect. It's most helpful to learn about resources from peers that have been through... (Read more)
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Ohio's Kinship Day at the Capitol: GrandRally Giving Voice to Kinship Families

Organization/Advocate
Kinship Day at the Capitol: GrandRally Giving Voice to Kinship Families September 26, 2018 Kinship/relative caregivers, families and supporters gathered at the Capitol to highlight their experiences, connect with each... (Read more)
Kinship

"...The more support relative caregivers receive, the more likely relatives will step up to care for their family members. This will help to lower the number of foster homes needed and decrease the number of children in foster care..."

Youth/Alumni
"In order to help relative caregivers navigate supports and services for children they are raising they should receive monthly financial support, funds for higher education and opportunities to receive training... (Read more)
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Congregate Care Kinship Mental Health Older Youth Pregnant & Parenting Youth Prevention

Resource Types

  • Adoptive Parent (20)
  • Birth Parent (35)
  • Foster Parent (21)
  • Kinship Caregiver (38)
  • Organization/Advocate (44)
  • Youth/Alumni (43)

Family Voices United is a collaborative project among Casey Family Programs, Children's Trust Fund Alliance, FosterClub and Generations United. We support prevention services for struggling families, support for kinship caregivers, standardized requirements for  residential treatment placements and services that assist older youth aging out of care. We work closely with partners in multiple states and jurisdictions to elevate the voice and perspective of young people, parents and kinship providers.