Care & Custody

A user-friendly publication for social service workers, produced by the National Quality Improvement Center for Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation (QIC-AG) (2018).

This toolkit was developed to support child and parent attorneys' advocacy for kinship placements for their clients/client’s children through trial and appellate advocacy, as well as outside of the court setting. This toolkit includes federal and state law and policy resources, and a comprehensive overview of social science articles and research studies on the benefits of kinship care.

This publication developed by ABA Center on Children and the Law, Children’s Defense Fund, and Generations United helps kinship families and the professionals who assist them compare caregiving options. It provides a broad, national overview about the choices and considerations to help caregivers make informed decisions about the pathways to pursue (2022). A webinar of this tool can be viewed here.  

This brief written by Mike Hartman for the National Conference of State Legislatures explains the basics of what minor guardianship is and how many states have begun to reform their minor guardianship procedures, particularly in response to the increased need resulting from the opioid epidemic and the COIVD-19 Pandemic.

This chart outlines the options for kinship caregiving in the state of New York along with rights and responsibilities of caregivers and the supports and services available under each option.