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September is National Kinship Care Month, a time to honor grandparents, aunts, uncles, adult siblings, godparents, stepparents and close family friends who step up to raise children when their parents cannot. In San Diego County, about half of all children in out-of-home care live with kinship caregivers.
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For grandparents raising grandchildren, being a primary caregiver later in life is no walk in the park — except during the last weekend of May. That’s when the County of San Diego’s Child and Family Well Being Department hosts its annual “gramping” campout, one of the department’s most popular events of the year. Gramping is an overnight camping […]
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In San Diego County, 1,074 children are currently in out-of-home care, and nearly half—531—are living with relatives. Placing children with family members is the County’s preferred option. Research shows foster youth who live with family experience greater stability, less trauma, have stronger long-term behavioral and mental health outcomes, and higher academic achievements. Valerie is a beautiful example of kinship care success.
