COVID-19

The Administration for Community Living's Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (SGRG) Advisory Council produced this resource guide to assist Kinship Families and Grandfamilies during emergencies such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT policy report explores how children and their families are faring during the pandemic. Using census data the authors explore health care, economic well-being and education, and offer recommendations for policymakers. (2020)

A 60-minute webinar highlighting the grandfamilies and kinship care provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, some of the most significant being those providing additional federal funds for kinship navigator programs. Generations United staff are joined by experts from the Children’s Defense Fund and the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law to provide an overview of new federal investments in kinship navigator programs, grandfamilies housing, and relevant child welfare programs that can help grandfamilies. 

Webinar Recording

Power Point Slides Only

Generations United's Brief Summary of the Kinship Provisions of the Consolidated Appropration Act of 2021

The Center on Policy and Budget Priorities Child Tax Credit (CTC) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)  

Training sponsored by the Center on Policy and Budget Priorities recording