Name: Kinship Guardianship: Creating Permanent Families for Children in Kinship Foster Care
SKU: 19718
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Description

Back in 2010, Alabama was one of the first states to take the federal option to offer a “Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP).” In Alabama, GAP is known as “kinship guardianship.” This program provides permanency and ongoing financial assistance to children exiting foster care with relatives who are licensed foster parents. As in the other 35 states that provide GAP, it has been a best kept secret.

This workshop will lift the curtains on this permanency option. Together, we will explore how these guardianships work in Alabama; what the financial assistance looks like; why it is an important legal option for children in kinship foster care; and lessons learned from the 35 other states that offer GAP.

Ana Beltran

Ana Beltran is an attorney and Special Advisor to Generations United’s National Center on Grandfamilies. Starting over twenty years ago as the Center’s first director, Ana now leads the Center’s technical assistance and training efforts and its collaboration with the ABA Center on Children and the Law. That collaboration jointly developed the first set of comprehensive National Model Family Foster Home Licensing Standards and created and maintains www.grandfamilies.org. As a long-time trusted voice on issues facing grandfamilies, Ana is a sought-after national speaker, a respected media resource, and a prolific author. Ana worked in all three branches of the federal government and was a practicing attorney prior to joining Generations United and finding her true passion helping support grandfamilies. Ana credits this passion to her amazing grandma who helped raise her.