Guardianship Assistance Resources

Casey Family Programs technical report analyzing each state's Guardianship Assistance Program policies and surveying state guardianship experts. From January 2018.

This brief by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work, reports on a professional interview study on subsidized guardianship, to help both increase permanency rates and reduce racial disparity. The study includes the circumstances in which guardianship is considered, challenges to achieving permanency through guardianship, and the role of race. March 2023.

This brief outlines key considerations when addressing barriers to GAP participation and promoting a kin-first culture. These considerations were informed by regional convenings held in June 2021 of more than 200 representatives from 44 states, four tribes, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia.

US Department of Health and Human Services Guardianship Brief which contains information the program’s implementation including GAP program utilization, similarity to Adoption Assistance expansion efforts, cost of the program, barriers to the program’s use and its impact on other permanency options (2018).

Examines kinship care in New York and other states, as well as the history of subsidized guardianship and its fiscal impact, from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work (2010).