This article from the Special Issue on Kinship Care of the Child Welfare Journal explores the Family Connections Discretionary Grant Program. "The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act (FCA) represented a major effort to address the unique challenges experienced by private and voluntary kinship caregivers and thereby support the safety, permanence, and well-being of children and youth in their care and prevent their removal into foster care (Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act [FCA], 2008). As part of the FCA, the Family Connections Discretionary Grant Program (FCDGP) was created to target kinship caregivers regardless of their status as informal or formal caregivers."
