Gloria's Story
Emphasizes the importance of community and caseworker support in having the resources needed to promote family well-being, particularly when caring for children with special needs. This video highlights the perspective of a kinship caregiver who is an Athabaskan native teaching her grandchildren the Navajo culture and community traditions and passing down her grandparents' stories.
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This video is a part of the It's All Relative: Supporting Kinship Connections Video Series. It emphasizes the importance of community and caseworker support in having the resources needed to promote family well-being, particularly when caring for children with special needs. This video highlights the perspective of a kinship caregiver who is an Athabaskan native teaching her grandchildren the Navajo culture and community traditions and passing down her grandparents’ stories.
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.
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Suggested Citation
Capacity Building Center for States (2018). Gloria's Story. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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