September is National Kinship Care Month, a time to honor the grandparents, aunts, uncles, older siblings, and other relatives who step in to raise children when parents are unable to do so. Research shows that kinship care offers children greater stability, helps maintain cultural identity, keeps siblings together, and supports better mental and behavioral health […]

“When the State of Minnesota removes a child from their family of origin, it makes a promise to that child and to all Minnesotans. The promise is to care for that child better than the family would have done, and to nurture that child every day and to guide them towards full, successful lives.“ — […]