US: COVID-19 has taken many children’s parents. Their relative caregivers face host of hurdles (Includes video)
USA Today – December 31, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has left tens of thousands of children without a parent or primary caregiver. Stepping into that void are grandparents, aunts, cousins – kinship caregivers – now facing their first new year as a new family unit. Public health researchers know traumatized children often fare better when they live with a relative instead of a foster parent they don’t know. But most of these families, experts say, are “informally” taking in a child without becoming a legal guardian, adopting the child or becoming official foster parents.
Also: At least 140K US children have lost caregivers to COVID-19. Children of color have taken the brunt of it. (May require subscription): https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/10/07/covid-19-children-color-account-majority-orphaned-kids/5992853001

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