Kinship Care Navigator
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A plain-language guide to kinship care: what it is, how to find your state kinship navigator program, what benefits relative caregivers can ask about, and where to get support.
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Straight answers for caregivers, youth, professionals, and supporters.
No jargon, no judgment, no forms to fill out to read them. Each guide walks through what to expect, what to ask for by name, and where to get local help — for families impacted by incarceration and for justice-impacted youth ages 12–24.
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For youth 12–24
Scholarships, record expungement, and ways to stay connected — on your own terms.
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Kinship care, prison visits, and staying in touch without blowing the budget.
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Guides and tools to share with families and justice-impacted youth you serve.
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Understand the barriers families face and share resources that actually help.
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Preparing for a Prison Visit
CaregiversYouthProfessionals
How to prepare a child for visiting an incarcerated parent: getting approved, typical visitation dress codes and rules, what to bring, and how to handle the ride home.
Read the guideMoney, Calls & Staying in Touch
CaregiversYouthProfessionals
How families send money to an incarcerated loved one, what phone, video, and mail contact really costs, and how to keep a child's connection steady without destabilizing the household budget.
Read the guideScholarships & Education Support
YouthCaregiversProfessionalsSupporters
Where students impacted by incarceration and foster care can find scholarships, how eligibility usually works, an application timeline, and how to write about lived experience safely.
Read the guideJuvenile Record Expungement
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What juvenile expungement and record sealing do, who typically qualifies, the general steps, and where justice-impacted youth and families can get free legal help.
Read the guideCaregiver Authorization Affidavit
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What a caregiver authorization affidavit does, what it does not do, how relatives use it to enroll a child in school and approve routine medical care, and how the form is named state by state.
Read the guideFind Your Kinship Navigator
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What a kinship navigator program does, how to find your state's program, exactly what to ask for on the first call, and what to do when the program has a waitlist or does not exist near you.
Read the guideFinding an Incarcerated Loved One
CaregiversYouthProfessionalsSupporters
Step-by-step help locating an incarcerated family member: federal, state, and county searches, what information you need first, why searches come back empty, and what to do next.
Read the guideDress Code & What to Bring
CaregiversYouthSupporters
A practical checklist of typical prison and jail visitation dress codes, what visitors can usually bring, what gets families turned away at the door, and how to confirm your facility's rules.
Read the guideTelling a Child the Truth
CaregiversProfessionalsSupporters
Age-appropriate language for telling a child their parent is incarcerated, what not to say, how to answer the hardest questions, and how to handle school, peers, and the weeks that follow.
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