Angela's Story

Highlights the role agency resources and family support can play in helping kinship families face challenges. This video discusses an aunt's decision to become a full-time caregiver for her niece and her niece's daughter, and the importance home visits played in the transition.

Publication year: 2018
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Capacity Building Center for States

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This video is a part of the It's All Relative: Supporting Kinship Connections Video Series. It highlights the role agency resources and family support can play in helping kinship families face challenges. This video discusses an aunt’s decision to become a full-time caregiver for her niece and her niece’s daughter, and the importance home visits played in the transition.

Use the activities and action-planning templates in the It's All Relative: Supporting Kinship Care Discussion Guides with this story to help your staff discover how to better understand, assess, and support kinship caregivers.

Suggested Citation

Capacity Building Center for States (2018). Angela's Story. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

This material may be freely reproduced and distributed. However, when doing so, please credit Capacity Building Center for States.

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