Relatives Raising Children: Federal Support Helps, But Challenges Persist

On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published this report to congressional requesters regarding relatives raising children in which they concluded that Federal support helps, but challenges persist. "This report describes the characteristics of kinship families, how their challenges may have changed since the COVID-19 pandemic, the resources they are accessing, and how the federal government primarily supports them," according to the report . . .