{"id":24207,"date":"2024-09-18T09:58:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/community-blog\/colorado-celebrates-national-reunification-month-with-event-honoring-advocates-and-families-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:34:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T21:34:12","slug":"new_law_kinship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/es\/news-press\/new_law_kinship\/","title":{"rendered":"New law helps relatives and family friends care for kids, providing an alternative to placement in foster care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DENVER (September 23, 2024) \u2013<\/strong> The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) celebrates a new state law that provides more resources for kinship caregivers of children in child welfare cases. The Kinship Foster Care<\/a> law increases support for those known as kinship caregivers, who can include a child\u2019s relatives, family or friends, by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n