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Child Trends, in partnership with Wayfinder Family Services, is nearing the end of a 3-year evaluation of the Kinnections Kinship Support & Navigation Program to investigate whether kinship caregiver well-being, access to services, referral to services, satisfaction with programs and services, and their kinship children’s placement stability improves as a result of receiving services from a Kinnections kinship navigator. Beginning in June 2022, we surveyed kinship caregivers when they first requested services (treatment) or when they first heard about the study (comparison) and then again four months later (both groups). As of July 2024, a total of 302 kinship caregivers have been enrolled in the five treatment counties and received Kinnections services, and 254 kinship caregivers have been enrolled in the eight comparison counties and received services as usual in their counties. We have concluded our enrollment into the study but are continuing to collect 4-month follow up surveys through the end of January 2025. We are currently beginning our analysis phase and plan to submit our final report on findings in September 2025.

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Child Trends with Lilliput, a part of Wayfinder Family Services, is conducting a study to learn more about your experiences with kinship caregiving.

By participating in this study, you will help demonstrate the importance of kinship care and the needed supports and services to keep children with their families.

The goals of our study are to support the implementation and evaluation of a well-established, existing kinship navigator program, contribute to the research reviewed by the Title-IVE Prevention Services Clearinghouse, and create a pathway for funding for states and counties to assure kin caregivers and their families get the support they need.

If you have any questions about the program, please contact Jasmine Nutt at jnutt@wayfinderfamily.org and if you have any questions about the Survey, please contact Hannah Gregory at hgregory@wayfinderfamily.org

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