Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 36,000 New Mexico children were raised by their grandparents or other next-of-kin in 2023. (Photo courtesy of New Mexico ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's a startling number -- about 22% of San Francisco's unhoused population were once in the foster care system, according to a city report. That's what makes the work of the ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) — South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster was joined by South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) Director Michael Leach, members of the General Assembly, non-profit ...

BRAINERD — Beginning this summer, Kinship Partners, a local youth mentoring organization, is moving programming to the Brainerd Family YMCA. “This is a big transition for our programs and staff,” said ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The number of grandparents and older adults raising children continues to climb, according to the Area Office on Aging (AOoA). In light of this increase, the organization has developed ...

September is National Kinship Care Month, and on Sept. 15, the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) hosted a kickoff event for the new Colorado Kinnected Kinship Navigator Program at the Adams ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — As of September of last year, more than 2.4 million kids in the U.S. are being raised in kinship or grandfamilies — that's according to the Grandfamilies and Kinship Support Network.

Kinship Navigator Programs are increasingly popular within the child welfare field as the use of kinship caregivers has gained popularity. Kinship Navigator Programs are designed to provide ...

Help is on the way for Northern New Mexicans raising their relatives’ children. But some say the aid is only a start. The New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department is accepting applications ...

DENVER — More than half of children in Denver requiring out-of-home care are now placed with relatives or family-like figures through the city's Kinship Support Services program, marking a 19% ...

CHARLESTON — Members of the House Health and Human Resources Committee approved a bill tweaking West Virginia’s kinship foster care program and improving salaries for workers within the Department of ...