Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 36,000 New Mexico children were raised by their grandparents or other next-of-kin in 2023. (Photo courtesy of New Mexico ...

A new website and other needed upgraded technologies will be created and purchased by the Woodland Community College Foster & Kinship Care Education program due to a major grant awarded by the Yocha ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The number of grandparents and older adults raising children continues to climb, according to the Area Office on Aging (AOoA). In light of this increase, the organization has developed ...

Kinship Navigator Programs are increasingly popular within the child welfare field as the use of kinship caregivers has gained popularity. Kinship Navigator Programs are designed to provide ...

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 ...

BRAINERD — Beginning this summer, Kinship Partners, a local youth mentoring organization, is moving programming to the Brainerd Family YMCA. “This is a big transition for our programs and staff,” said ...

CHARLESTON — Members of the House Health and Human Resources Committee approved a bill tweaking West Virginia’s kinship foster care program and improving salaries for workers within the Department of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — As of September of last year, more than 2.4 million kids in the U.S. are being raised in kinship or grandfamilies — that's according to the Grandfamilies and Kinship Support Network.

Eight years ago, Linda Baker took her infant granddaughter, Journey, from her son and his wife because their drug use was making for an unsafe home. "They didn't fight me," the 56-year-old said. "I ...

COLUMBIA -- Gov. Henry McMaster was joined by South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) Director Michael Leach, members of the General Assembly, non-profit leaders and kinship caregivers ...