Letters to the Editor

Subsidized Guardianship Makes Sense

GAP Feedback

The following is in response to “States Approaching the GAP with Caution,” in Child Welfare Today at http://www.youthtoday.org. A version of that story appeared in the June issue of Youth Today.

Thousands of children in long-term foster care with relatives find the permanence they need through adoption, but people who work with children and youth recognize that adoption is not always a viable option. Older children who have a relationship with their parents may not want parental rights terminated. Caregivers may prefer to remain grandma, aunt or uncle, rather than becoming mom and dad.