Children, Adolescents & Youth 

This course focuses on the experiences of kinship carers, family members and friends who step in to care for children when parents are unable to do so, often due to substance use or other complex challenges.

Alarming statistics reveal persistent challenges to the healthy development and wellbeing of our children and youth. Many face physical, mental, and social health problems, academic underachievement, and rising rates of violence and hopelessness, leading to failure to fulfill their full potential and thus hampering the growth of the nation's prosperity now and in the future. The U.S.