ABA launches Kinship Care Legal Resource Center
From the website:
The ABA Center on Children and the Law is proud to make available this Kinship Care Legal Resource Center. Kinship care, commonly defined as the “full-time care, nurturing, and protection of children by relatives, members of their tribes or clans, or other adults who have a family relationship to a child,” is a growing phenomenon across the United States. Today, more than six million children-approximately one in twelve-are growing up in households headed by grandparents (4.5 million children) or other relatives (1.5 million children). Here in our nation’s capital, an astounding 14.5% of all children live in grandparent-headed households. This new Resource Center is intended to serve as a toolkit for attorneys, judges, and other child-serving practitioners working with kinship families and having difficulty navigating the complex existing and emerging legal issues.
Thanks to Sharon Durken of the Minnesota Kinship Care Association for bringing the new ABA resource to my attention.