Research demonstrates the benefits of kinship care for children who must be removed from their parents, yet nationally fewer than 1 in 3 children in foster care live with relatives. Kinship navigation programs help locate relative caregivers and provide them information, education, and support. This article from Dean Betsy Farmer, and doctoral alumni Daniel Hyung Jik Lee and Christina Huerta examines permanency outcomes for youth in the kinship navigation program of A Second Chance, Inc. (ASCI), in Allegheny County, Pa., compared to youth servedby other agencies without kinship navigation. See summary or full article.
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