Urban Institute: Kinship Care

Urban Institute: Kinship Care

In cities across the nation, more than 2.5 million kids are being raised by relatives who are not their biological parents. Is kinship care better than traditional foster care? Or worse? In our continuing series with the Urban Institute...

In cities across the nation, more than 2.5 million kids are being raised by relatives who are not their biological parents. Is kinship care better than traditional foster care? Or worse? In our continuing series with the Urban Institute, Kojo and guests examine the benefits and challenges of regulating kinship care.

Guests

Rob Geen

senior researcher, Urban Institute

Ana Beltran

Project Director for the Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children Program, Generations United

Ronald Browder

Chief of the Bureau of Adoption and Kinship Care for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

Glendora Patterson

an Oakland grandmother in kinship care

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