This response to the Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Separate Licensing Standards for Relative or Kinship Foster Family Homes was gathered from state and local human services executive leadership and by the leaders charged with administering child welfare and economic support services. In addition to voicing our strong support for finalizing the proposed rule, we outline several considerations that best support state child welfare agencies’ efforts to adopt new kinship licensing standards and identify existing and potential new structural issues related to kinship families.
