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Strengthening Kinship Care:
Traditions of Caring and Collaborating Model of Practice
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Virtual Training
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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1:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
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CWLA has been a driving force in kinship care for over three decades. Convening the National Commission on Family Foster Care in 1990, it named the program “kinship care” for the full-time protection and nurturing of children by relatives, members of Tribes or clans and nonrelated extended family members, and advocated for kinship care to be recognized as an "essential first option" to be considered when parents and children were separated by child protective services.
CWLA’s trauma-informed model of practice, Traditions of Caring and Collaborating, addresses the unique strengths and needs of kinship caregivers. This model of practice has guiding principles grounded in a caring and collaborating approach to protect and nurture children and strengthen families. The model is responsive to the needs and experiences of kinship caregivers recognizing the dynamics unique to the inherited role of being someone’s relative and the acquired role of volunteering to foster.
This training opportunity will share a historical perspective on kinship care and provide an overview for identifying areas of concern for kinship families and agency staff who work with them including legal, financial, family relationships, health and mental health, child behavior, fair and equal treatment, and more. It will also highlight the competencies needed to support kinship caregivers through phases of collaboration to address all aspects of child development and family support.
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