Kinship Navigator Programs

and Title IV-E Pre Print Attachment 

Program Instruction from the Children’s Bureau that clarifies the steps federally-funded state and tribal child welfare agencies must take to obtain full federal reimbursement for kinship navigator programs dating back to April 2020 and extending through September 2021.  To obtain full reimbursement for both evaluation and program costs, which can include legal assistance and concrete goods for caregivers, these programs do not yet have to meet federal evidence-based requirements.  Rather, the state or tribal agency must simply provide an assurance that the program is or will be in the process of being evaluated and briefly describe those activities in the pre-print attachment.  

A 60-minute webinar highlighting the grandfamilies and kinship care provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, some of the most significant being those providing additional federal funds for kinship navigator programs. Generations United staff are joined by experts from the Children’s Defense Fund and the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law to provide an overview of new federal investments in kinship navigator programs, grandfamilies housing, and relevant child welfare programs that can help grandfamilies. 

Webinar Recording

Power Point Slides Only

Generations United's Brief Summary of the Kinship Provisions of the Consolidated Appropration Act of 2021​​​​​​​

Casey Family Programs summary of a 2017 research paper that found that kinship navigator programs help families meet their needs and stay together.

Information and lessons learned from the 2012 kinship navigator grantees' experiences implementing kinship navigator programs, including cross-cutting themes and promising practices (2019).

Regional webinars delivered on accessing new federal funding available under the Family First Prevention Services Act for states, tribes and U.S. territories and developing high quality, evidence-based programs.  This webinar featured presentations from national experts, local programs, and kinship caregivers. It also includes information about how to develop programs to meet evidence-based standards and highlight opportunities for further technical assistance. Hosted by Generations United as part of a regional webinar series supported by Casey Family Programs (2018).

Dec. 4, 2018 West Coast, Midwest, Alaska, Hawaii

• PowerPoint Slides
• Recording

Dec. 5, 2018 Southern Region

• PowerPoint Slides
• Recording

Dec. 6, 2018 Eastern Region

• PowerPoint Slides
• Recording