Examines the various Relatives As Parents Programs operated by Area Agencies on Aging across the country from The Brookdale Foundation Group and The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, (2007). 

A publication of  the Juvenile Law Center, which helps to define normalcy and why it matters for foster children and youth. This paper identifies the barriers to normalcy, reviews the federal law and explores state implementation strategies of the federal normalcy provisions (2015). 

National Center for Youth Law 50-state permanency policy analysis. This brief explores the diversity of state policies and practices aimed at supporting teens’ need for a permanent connection to a family. Recommendations are aimed at helping child welfare agencies use a variety of strategies to achieve permanency for teens, with an emphasis on the use of kinship families.

Child Trends article describing how public-private partnerships can help find and engage kin to promote placing children with kin and encourage a kin-first culture. The article highlights the Kinship Therapeutic Foster Care (KTFC) pilot program in three counties in North Carolina as an example.