INTRODUCTION More than 2.5 million children across the U.S. are raised in Grandfamilies (also known as kinship families). These are families in which grandparents, other adult family members, or close family friends are raising children, with no parents in the … Read More
Resources
When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide, Fifth Edition
This guide was first produced in 1998 and aims to assist families when their child goes missing. Each edition of the guide features parents who have experienced firsthand both the anguish and hope of finding their missing child. The fifth edition … Read More
Racial Equity Tip Sheets
Tip Sheet- American Indian & Alaska Native Grandfamilies: Helping Children Thrive Through Connection to Family and Cultural Identity About 2.5 million children in the United States live in grandfamilies or kinship families, which are families in which children are being … Read More
Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Kinship Foster Care
Generations United with support from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, created the following brief, national comparison chart, and state-specific charts that focus on adoption and guardianship for children in kinship foster care so that these children can exit foster … Read More
Intergenerational Evaluation Toolkit
In an effort to collect more data on intergenerational shared sites and facilitate program evaluation, Generations United, with support from The Eisner Foundation, partnered with Dr. Shannon Jarrott of The Ohio State University to develop this toolkit. The Intergenerational Evaluation … Read More
Surgeon General Issues Advisory that Social Media is Contributing to Youth Mental Health Crisis
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is issuing an advisory that social media use may be harmful to the mental health of young people, citing growing evidence that online content is hurting the development of the nation’s youth. “I’m issuing this advisory because we’re … Read More
Watch for Warning Signs of Child Abuse and/or Neglect
National Child Abuse Prevention Month was in April and recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect. Services developed by this collaboration can help protect children and strengthen families. Tim Rolfe, family advocacy … Read More
Fostering Youth Transitions 2023
State and National Data to Drive Foster Care Advocacy BALTIMORE — Permanent families and supportive adult connections, stable housing and postsecondary education remain beyond reach for too many young people with foster care experience, according to “Fostering Youth Transitions 2023: … Read More
Making the Case for Intergenerational Programs
Provides rationale and facts to help make the case for intergenerational programs Making the Case for Intergenerational Programs is based on a comprehensive review of the literature on intergenerational programs and highlights evidence-based findings on how intergenerational programs benefit everyone. INTRODUCTION … Read More
Racial Equity Toolkits Featuring Grandfamilies
American Indian & Alaska Native Grandfamilies: Helping Children Thrive Through Connection to Family and Cultural Identity Both inside and outside the foster care system, American Indian and Alaska Native children are more likely to live in grandfamilies—families in which grandparents, … Read More