Reba's Story

Emphasizes the necessity of strong community supports to create a secure and stable environment for a new kinship family. In this video, a grandparent discusses moving across the country to ensure her grandchildren could see their parents.

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 emphasizes the necessity of strong community supports to create a secure and stable environment for a new kinship family. In this video, a grandparent discusses moving across the country to ensure her grandchildren could see their parents. She also discusses the resources and support networks that helped her become an effective kinship parent and that helped her granddaughters thrive, including their faith community, the children’s former foster parents, and other community members.

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Suggested Citation

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

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