09/04/2026
September is National Kinship Care Month! 🎉This month we honor the grandparents, aunts and uncles, adult siblings, extended family members, close family friends, and fictive kin who've stepped in to care for a child.
For any child and family, navigating the child welfare system and separation can be a challenging time. Kinship care can help ease that transition. Children placed with kin experienced positive outcomes compared to those in non-kin foster care, including:
💜49% lower likelihood of mental health disorders
💜50% lower likelihood of poor overall well-being
💜48% lower likelihood of a disrupted/failed placement
Learn more about kinship care in New York State: https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/kinship/
