Research

Kinship Across Kentucky: Recommendations from Caregiver Voices, Sept 2024

The Kinship Across Kentucky report outlines the needs and challenges facing kinship and fictive kin families in the Commonwealth and offers systems and practice level recommendations for improvements that promote the best outcomes for children, based on the perspectives of relative and fictive kin caregivers and other community-based service provider

Mapping the Needs of Kinship Providers: A Mixed-Method Examination

J. Jay Miller University of Kentucky, Jessica Donohue-Dioh University of Kentucky

State of Grandfamilies Annual Reports

KIDS COUNT Data Center-Kentucky indicators 

Family Values in KY Are More Than Just Talk (2014 infographic)

Grandparents as Parents: Investigating the Health and Well-Being of Trauma-Exposed Families 

Increasing Support for Kinship Families in Kentucky

Kinship Care: Supporting Those Who Raise Our Children

Stepping Up for Kids: What Government and Communities Should Do to Support Kinship Families

GrandFacts for Kentucky

Kinship Adoption; Meeting the Unique Needs of a Growing Population