Jen's Story
Highlights the significant impact agency staff have on the kinship and foster parent experience and in helping families serve as a resource for the birth families of the children in their care. This video presents one family's story of becoming a kinship resource and how support from their foster care specialist guided their decision.
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This video is a part of the It's All Relative: Supporting Kinship Connections Video Series. It highlights the significant impact agency staff have on the kinship and foster parent experience and in helping families serve as a resource for the birth families of the children in their care. This video presents one family’s story of becoming a kinship resource and how support from their foster care specialist guided their decision.
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). Jen's Story. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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