Learn languages naturally with fresh, real content!

Popular Topics
Explore By Region
Indigenous kinship care families face higher poverty and limited support, especially post-pandemic, prompting GAO to urge standardized state aid.
A new Government Accountability Office report reveals that Indigenous kinship families—children raised by relatives or close family friends—face significant hardships, including higher poverty rates and limited financial support, especially in tribal nations and counties like those in New Mexico.
The practice, a longstanding cultural tradition that maintains family and cultural ties, often involves fluid arrangements where children move between relatives and parents without permanent custody changes.
Since the pandemic, rising living costs and unmet childcare needs have worsened challenges, with many caregivers outside the formal foster care system and thus receiving fewer resources.
The GAO calls on states to adopt standardized support programs to better assist these families.
Las familias de cuidado de parentesco indígenas se enfrentan a una mayor pobreza y un apoyo limitado, especialmente después de la pandemia, lo que llevó a GAO a instar a la ayuda estandarizada del estado.