You Said Yes. Now What? What Kinship Care Week Gets Right About Becoming a Caregiver Overnight.
Kinship Care Week 2026 You Said Yes. Now What? Sometimes becoming a grandparent or kinship caregiver starts with one phone call. “Will you take them?” There is no preparation period. No handbook waiting on the kitchen counter. Life changes first. The questions arrive afterward. Kinship Care Week runs October 5 through 11, 2026. The observance is organized by Kinship , a charity serving kinship families in the United Kingdom. This year's theme is “Unplanned, Unprepared, Unwavering.” Although the campaign takes place across the Atlantic, those three words describe an experience familiar to grandparents and relatives here in the United States. September is National Kinship Care Month in the United States, and the U.S. Administration for Community Living reports about 2.5 million children across the country are being raised by grandparents...