WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — African American children are more likely to live in grandfamilies (aka grandparents and other relatives raising grandchildren, kinship care) than the general population of children. These children are dramatically overrepresented both in kinship foster care and among grandfamilies who live outside the formal foster care system.
Kinship care is an age-old and traditional practice in African American families and the higher number of African American grandfamilies reflect that strength.
“Grandfamily caregivers give children indelible roots…
