Kinship Caregiver Manifesto Posts

For too long, the narrative around kinship care has been one of quiet endurance. We sit at our kitchen tables, absorbing the trauma of a broken system, stretching our budgets until they snap, and “making it work” while the state celebrates declining…

When state governments announce a dramatic drop in foster care entries, it is routinely celebrated as a major victory for child welfare reform. However, this statistical drop is often an illusion masking a deeper hidden kinship care crisis. Rather t…

Let's talk about kinship care policy reform. For a long time, the conversation around kinship care and child welfare has been about survival. It’s been about how to cope, how to accept, and how to quietly lead a household in crisis. If you are a …

The 2.7 Million Manifesto: Trading "The Retirement Version" for a Mission What happens when the life you planned suddenly vanishes, replaced by a second cradle you never expected to rock? We are often told that raising our grandchildren is a "sacri…