In this opinion piece for the Chronicle of Social Change, Dr. Ali Caliendo (the executive director of Foster Kinship, a nonprofit organization devoted to the support of kinship families in the U.S. state of Nevada) outlines her recommendations for child welfare systems to improve outcomes for children by adopting best practices in supporting kinship families. She calls attention to the fact that many kinship carers are not provided the support they need to provide appropriate care to the children in their care, sharing an example of a grandmother who took in her two grandchildren and who was not given the requisite resources and supports that a foster carer would be given.
