In recent years, record numbers of unaccompanied immigrant children have crossed into the United States. While many of these children are soon reunited with and released to parents who are already in the U.S., upwards of 60 percent are released to sponsors who are kin. This tip sheet provides information and guidance to help you better serve these kinship families. 

US Government Accountability Office (GAO) study (2011).

A fact sheet on tax benefits for grandparents and other relatives raising children, created by H & R Block (2017).