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handle is hein.crs/govenhd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 2.7 Million Children in the United States Li What is kinship care? Children who do not live with their parents but whose grandparents, other relatives, or close family friends provide them with a home are said to be in kinship care. Why are children in kinship care? There are multiple reasons that children's parents may be unable to offer care or support, including military service, mental health issues, substance use disorder, or incarceration. Most children in kinship care live with a grandparent. (Relationship of caregiver) Grandparent Other relative Unrelated Kin Compared to all children in the United States, children in kinship care are more likely to ... º have a caregiver 50 years of age or older. (Age of caregiver) <30 30to39 40to49 , 5Oto_9 60to69 24°+% (inship Care How do children enter kinship care? Most children enter kinship care informally. Families make the arrangements on their own, or a child welfare agency or court facilitates. Less often responsibility for children's care and placement is given to the child welfare agency, usually by a court. These children are counted as in foster care and, when they are placed with kin, as in both foster care and kinship care. In addition, some children leave foster care to live informally with kin, or to do so formally via legal guardianship or adoption.* 70+ Kin 95 1% 16% 22% E, All 1093%34% 12% 4%, 2%+ º live in a family with income below the poverty level. (Family income) Below poverty Above poverty level level Kin 79% All 91% Pbe Black or American Indian/Alaska Native. (Race/ethnicity of child) Al/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native; NH/PI = Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander White Hispanic Black Al/AN NH/PI Kin 2b% All 9%a26%si% n Asian 2+ races º be 13 years of age or older. (Age of child) <'I 1tc5 6 to 12 13 to17 Ki n 4 38% All &5 39%30 º live in a household that receives assistance from one or more of the following programs. (2018 data) SNAP 27% TA NF o 3%N Kin = U.S. children in kinship care EITC 29% All = all U.S. children *Children formally adopted by kin may not be counted as in kinship care because the relationship of the kin caregiver has legally changed to parent. Children with guardianship assistance includes those with or without Title IV-E support. See Sources. Percent of children living in kinship care by state National Average: 4% 2% 8% income support and accessing other services Children in kinship care are generally eligible for a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefit, provided they are living with a grandparent or other relative by blood or adoption. Children in formal foster care with a kin caregiver may be eligible for foster care support under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act if their caregiver is also a licensed foster parent. Under a federal rule finalized in September 2023, states are permitted to design licensing standards unique to kin who serve as foster parents. In states opting to make this change, the share of licensed kin caregivers is expected to increase, as is the share of children living with those kin who are eligible for Title IV-E foster care support. Those same children may also be eligible for Title IV-E guardianship assistance when they leave care if their kin caregiver becomes their legal guardian. Most children who leave foster care for formal adoption by kin are expected to be eligible for Title IV-E adoption assistance. Federal support for evidence-based kinship navigator programs is also authorized under the Title IV-E program.

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