Jilliana's Story
Demonstrates the benefits and challenges of serving as a kinship/foster parent and supporting and collaborating with children's biological parents. This video highlights one caregiver's decision to foster and adopt her son and become a kinship caregiver to his younger sibling. She discusses how she maintained a close, supportive relationship with their biological mother and how they ultimately created a united, blended family.
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This video is a part of the It's All Relative: Supporting Kinship Connections Video Series. It demonstrates the benefits and challenges of serving as a kinship/foster parent and supporting and collaborating with children’s biological parents. This video highlights one caregiver’s decision to foster and adopt her son and become a kinship caregiver to his younger sibling. She discusses how she maintained a close, supportive relationship with their biological mother and how they ultimately created a united, blended family.
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). Jilliana's Story. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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