This brief provides kinship practice examples from across the country, organized by seven main topics, to help jurisdictions change policy and practice to promote kin placement and permanency, and successfully implement a kin-first culture shift.

Grandfamilies and Kinship Support Network page which lists current Kinship Navigator Programs organized by state and territory. Each listing notes which families each program serves, in addition to providing basic service information and a website link. For jurisdictions that do not offer a kinship navigator program, other kinship supports may be identified and listed.

This brief provides kinship practice examples from across the country, organized by seven main topics, to help jurisdictions change policy and practice to promote kin placement and permanency, and successfully implement a kin-first culture shift.

The 2022 State of Grandfamilies Report –  Together at the Table: Supporting the Nutrition, Health, and Well-Being of Grandfamilies includes the latest findings on grandfamilies facing high rates of hunger and food insecurity, as well as policy recommendations to help feed grandfamilies.

The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) reports on 2023 data for all children in foster care. To view a state-level kinship placement data map, visit this page. For a kinship placement map by race, go to www.grandfamilies.org/Resources/General-Kinship-Publications/Kinship-Diversity-Equity-and-Inclusion.