🤔What are the benefits of kinship care in the child welfare system?

From ChildWelfare.gov: "When the home environment is unsafe, kinship placements are the preferred option because they can help to maintain: ⭐family connections and ⭐cultural traditions and ⭐minimize the trauma of separation." While reunification is always the hope when a child is brought into foster care, sometimes the safest and best option for the child is to live with relatives or fictive kin (those known to the family)!