Kathy's Story

Addresses the critical importance of having a strong support network to face the challenges of becoming a kinship resource and caring for children who have experienced trauma. This video highlights one mother's perspective on making the decision to become a kinship parent and the rewards brought by providing care for her kinship daughters.

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 addresses the critical importance of having a strong support network to face the challenges of becoming a kinship resource and caring for children who have experienced trauma. This video highlights one mother’s perspective on making the decision to become a kinship parent and the rewards brought by providing care for her kinship daughters.

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). Kathy's Story. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Kinship Family: They Are My Daughters

Shares Molene’s story about becoming the primary caregiver for her four nieces, raising them, adopting them, negotiating the child welfare system, and creating a family.

Publication Year 2016