General Kinship Publications

This Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT policy report underscores a simple fact about childhood: Family matters. Yet, today in America, 57,000 children are still living in group placements. Readers will learn about limiting the role of residential treatment care to its intended purpose and how state and local leaders can work together to enhance family-oriented services and supports (2015). 

Literature review by ChildFocus compiling the research as of 2015 that shows children experience better outcomes with kin across three major domains: improved placement stability, higher levels of permanency, and decreased behavior problems.
 

This report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the practice of "kinship diversion" in which children are placed with relatives as an alternative to foster care.  Different perspectives about whether kinship diversion is a good or bad practice are offered.  The report concludes that child welfare agencies should more thoroughly explore their kinship diversion practices to ensure they adequately meet the needs of children, their parents and kinship caregivers (2013).

Annie E. Casey Foundation report on kinship care.

This publication from Generations United consists of stories of various people who were raised by their grandparents and/or relatives (2012).