Kinship care
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Oct 7, 2026
Tracy WhitneyHOST
[upbeat music] Welcome to Creating a Family, talk about adoption, foster care, and kinship care.
Tracy WhitneyHOST
I am Tracy Whitney.
Tracy WhitneyHOST
I am the content director here at Creating a Family, and I'm very excited to introduce you to Chris McKenna.
Humphrey HawksleyHOST
I'm Humphrey Hawksley, and this is Care Vision's Talk, where we discuss one of the defining challenges of our time, how to help vulnerable young people overcome adversity and build fulfilling, successful adult lives.
Humphrey HawksleyHOST
Joining me today is Bobby Dean, who's become a leading voice on kinship care.
Humphrey HawksleyHOST
That's where children who cannot live with their parents are raised by relatives or close friends.
Humphrey HawksleyHOST
Bobby has lived experience, and he's punched through against the odds to become a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Democrat party.
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Humphrey HawksleyHOST
Yeah.
Humphrey HawksleyHOST
I mean, you, you sort of phrased there family looking after family.
Humphrey HawksleyHOST
This is the essence of kinship care, isn't it?
Bobby DeanGUEST
Yes, it is.
Angela KenneckeHOST
That upbringing became the foundation for a career devoted to lifting others up, first as a journalist, and now as a housing professional, community leader, and advocate for families like the one that raised him.
Angela KenneckeHOST
Shaheed's story is featured in the new book, Grandfamilies: The Stories of Children and the Loving Relatives Who Raised Them.
Angela KenneckeHOST
And he's become a voice for the millions of children raised by grandparents and relatives who step in when parents can't.
Angela KenneckeHOST
Welcome, Shaheed.
Felicity ScottHOST
Lord, hear our prayer.
Felicity ScottHOST
Blessed God, we ask your blessing for those listed on the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, the Diocese of Ruhaga, the Anglican Church of Burundi, the Parish of Gudna, Anglicare Southern Queensland Indooroopilly Parish Thread Together, Anglicare Southern Queensland Out of Home Care Central Region, Sunshine Coast Foster and Kinship Care, all people joining in this prayer offering.
Felicity ScottHOST
Humbly in faith we pray.
Felicity ScottHOST
Lord, hear our prayer.
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So we pulled together some partners and we're giving out information.
Tamela EdwardsCORRESPONDENT
According to grandfamilies.org, more than 235,000 grandparents are responsible for their grandchildren in Pennsylvania.
Tamela EdwardsCORRESPONDENT
There's a variety of supports.
Tamela EdwardsCORRESPONDENT
PCA's Caregiver Support Program helps Philadelphia residents ages 55 or older raising grandchildren in the absence of their parents.
Darla GrandGUEST
However, I believe that the number is a lot larger than that.
Darla GrandGUEST
That's just the beginning.
Darla GrandGUEST
The, um, according to United, Generations United, according to Ge- Ge- Generations United, there's $10.5 billion that grandparents raising grandchildren and kinship caregivers are saving the, um, foster care system.
Darla GrandGUEST
However, this puts a really strong s- a really strong, uh, strain on the grandparents, and we're not able to sustain the caregiving as we should without the resources that we need.
Darla GrandGUEST
Now, Dave, I'm living this every da- every single day.
Darla GrandGUEST
I certainly do, Dave.
Darla GrandGUEST
Um, th- there are so many stories.
Darla GrandGUEST
When I, um, started prospecting for participants for this radio call, I got so many responses for grandparents raising grandchildren, and some ki- uh, kinship caregivers.