A message from the Children’s Bureau Learning & Coordination Center: Please join us to hear about the work New Jersey and DC are doing to create a support system for their informal kinship care providers.

Kinship care is an increasingly common form of care for children formally involved with child welfare systems. It’s also a way to prevent children from entering child welfare systems by providing stability during times of family stress. How do we ensure formal and informal kinship care providers are receiving the support they need? Learn more about New Jersey and DC’s work to create support systems for informal kinship care providers.

Guest Speakers:

• Richard Howard
  Supervisory Resource Development Specialist
  District of Columbia Child & Family Services Agency

• Jenira Hill
  Assistant Director, Office of Family Support Services
  New Jersey Department of Children and Families

• Dawn DeLuca
  Research Scientist, Office of Research, Evaluation and Reporting 
  New Jersey Department of Children and Families