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Article: Investing in Youth and Families

posted on September 16, 2020
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FJI Communications Workgroup Co-Chair Kathleen Creamer writes about the importance of investing in families and supporting kinship caregivers.

A Blog Series for National Kinship Care Month: First Installment

September is National Kinship Care Month. This blog series highlights the great importance of valuing and supporting family and kin to ensure a child welfare system that minimizes the trauma that children face if they come into contact with the system and promotes equity for families and well-being for children. This series will spotlight key issues related to promoting kinship care and family connections and introduce ideas for reform. This opening blog introduces the topic and focuses on how valuing and supporting kin can promote racial equity, the need to support informal and formal kin placements by providing concrete service and resources supports, and the need to reform licensing of kin. 

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