kinship care
Relatives raising children
Kinship care is the arrangement where relatives or close family friends raise a child whose parents cannot.
It keeps children within their extended family or community rather than placing them with strangers: The grandmother provided kinship care after her daughter entered treatment.
The term appears in social services and child welfare contexts, where kinship care is often preferred over foster care with non-relatives.
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- grandparentParent once removed
- auntParent's sister or equivalent
- uncleMale family elder
- financial assistanceMonetary help for needs
community elders · permanency planning · caseworker · reunification · custody agreements · sibling · child welfare · family friend · ancestral ties · cousin · blood relative · educational support · child protection services · peer support groups · trauma · protection · placement · safe haven
kinship careinstitutional care
Professional supervision in facilities
residential care · group home · orphanage · children's home · state custody