How Berty Found Support, Strength and a Second Chance with ASCI
Each month, A Second Chance, Inc. (ASCI) shares the stories of the families at the heart of our work. These stories give us an opportunity to celebrate the love, resilience…
Community Changemaker: Grands Stepping Up
What began as one grandmother’s search for support became Grands Stepping Up, a community helping grandparents and kinship caregivers find resources, connection and one another.
Kinship Keeps Families Connected. Are Systems Keeping Up?
This month’s NKR Brief examines the power of family connection, what research tells us about its impact and what leaders should consider as the field moves toward a more kin-first approach.
ASCI Presents: A Lived Experience Story ft. Victoria Giddens
Each month, A Second Chance, Inc. shares the voices of our kinship families through Q&A-style discussions. We are an agency that strives to provide a safe, secure, and nurturing environment to children…
Sharing Our Year in Review: A Strong Year of Kinship as a Culture of Learning
Through over 30 years of knowledge building for an effective kin-first culture, we know that kinship care work must include the kinship triad (the child, birth parent, and caregiver). In reflecting over…
A Message from ASCI’s President and CEO for National Kinship Care Month
Each September, the nation pauses to celebrate the tireless commitment kinship caregivers provide throughout the year. Their unwavering support for family is often overshadowed by the local or national news,…
National Baby Safety Month: Recommendations for Kinship Caregivers on Baby Safety Kelly Starver, Ph.D. Nursing
The month of September recognizes baby safety and kinship care as national designations. For many kinship caregivers, having a baby in the house or caring for a baby may be a completely new experience. …
ASCI Presents: A Lived Experience Story
During the month of September, we recognize National Kinship Care Month and National Grandparents Day. To truly understand kinship care, we must always listen to the irreplaceable insights that the lived experience of…
Kinship Care Awareness: Four Things to Know
Kinship care refers to caregivers — grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, adult siblings, and even family friends — who make the selfless choice to take on traditional parenting responsibilities when biological parents…