New Kinship Care Report

On October 16, Generations United released the 2025 edition of its State of Grandfamilies & Kinship Care. According to the report, “for every one child being raised by relatives in foster care, 19 more are raised by kin outside the foster care system, usually without the resources that come with formal foster care placements.” The report estimates that kinship caregivers save taxpayers at least $10.5 billion annually by keeping children out of foster care and that such children fare better academically, emotionally, and socially than those in non-relative foster care.