Kinship caregiving refers to care of children by relatives or, in some jurisdictions, close family friends, when their parents cant care for them. The terms grandfamilies and kinship families refer tofamilies in which grandparents, other adult family members, or close family friends are raising these children.

Donna Butts, Senior Fellow, Generations United, www.gu.org, and Author, Grandfamilies ” Stories of Children and the Loving Relatives Who Raise Them, talks about who grandfamilies are, benefits and challenges of kinship caregiving, community resources, and Generations United information. 

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