Explore a model for locating birth families for children and youth in need of adoption.

Strategies for family search and engagement aimed at locating relatives and fictive kin for children in out-of-home care.

Tips for child welfare workers to balance the benefits and risks of social media.

Learn about the importance of placing children in foster care with family members or close kin as their first placement.

Learn how new kinship care laws help to better identify and place foster youth with relatives or close family friends.

Learn more about how to better support unlicensed kinship caregivers.

Find terminology, key survey findings, and recommendations for better supporting and removing barriers for kinship caregivers.

This report outlines both the importance of placing children and youth with relatives and the various states’ statutes for doing so.

Learn more about kinship navigator programs and their potential impact on improving outcomes for kinship caregivers.

Hear how MPLD fellow Gilbert Soto identified barriers to kinship placements in New Jersey.

Learn about kinship caregivers, their unique experiences, and how you can best support them.

For training managers, a video series and discussion guide for learning to think differently about creating a more supportive environment for kinship caregivers.

For supervisors, a video series and discussion guide for learning to think differently about creating a more supportive environment for kinship caregivers.

This five-part video training series (and discussion guide) helps child welfare professionals learn to support kinship care providers.

How to implement the kinship provisions of the Family First Act.

Kinship information specific to your state, territory, or tribe.