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title: What should every child protection agency do to ensure that children are placed with kin?
description: "This brief describes three key principles for [prioritizing and supporting kinship placements in child welfare](https://www.casey.org/kinship-care-topical-page/): 1. **Advance a kin-first culture** 2. **Provide supports for children, their parents, and kinship caregivers** 3. **Identify and provide community-based supports** It offers questions to help…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/kinship/what-should-every-child-protection-agency-do-to-ensure-that-children-are-placed-with-kin/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Kinship Care
tags:
  - Article
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
---

# What should every child protection agency do to ensure that children are placed with kin?

This brief describes three key principles for [prioritizing and supporting kinship placements in child welfare](https://www.casey.org/kinship-care-topical-page/):

1. **Advance a kin-first culture**
2. **Provide supports for children, their parents, and kinship caregivers**
3. **Identify and provide community-based supports**

It offers questions to help child protection agency leaders further explore how they might apply these principles to improve the permanency and well-being of children in kinship care and their families.

 

[Read More](https://www.casey.org/kinship-values/)

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