{"podcast":{"title":"The Excerpt","slug":"the-excerpt-742145","podcast_index_feed_id":742145,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/5-things","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/5-things","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/29/c4/eb/f0/29c4ebf0-b5c3-4838-9e30-d92e8d15e76d/88497752e60324195a25c5bb3f28f051091ea2a3a998fa22473d99c272b7bc8e7e9910c488c26d289891c53191b78ca85d242efd540b5897a9977660eddd300e.jpeg","author":"USA TODAY","episode_count":90,"summary":"Get context, not just headlines. Every weekday The Excerpt brings USA TODAY's award-winning journalists from across the nation together to unpack America's most pressing stories — from politics and culture to sports and entertainment — with host Dana Taylor.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T18:20:13.139640+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-excerpt-742145"},"episode":{"title":"Kinship families raise millions of children. Where is the support?","slug":"kinship-families-raise-millions-of-children-where-is-the-support","published_at":"2026-05-26T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-excerpt-742145/kinship-families-raise-millions-of-children-where-is-the-support","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-excerpt-742145","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/1d5bb4b0-00aa-4ead-abd8-7d7ba3704698.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/1d5bb4b0-00aa-4ead-abd8-7d7ba3704698.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Millions of children in the U.S. live with grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives, often after a family crisis. But many kinship families take in children with little help navigating housing, legal rights or financial support. USA TODAY Investigative Reporter Jayme Fraser joins The Excerpt to discuss her three-part series, “Caring for Kin,” what families told her and why the systems intended to help children can leave relatives largely on their own. Let us know what you think of this episode by sending an email to podcasts@usatoday.com .  Episode transcript available here . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Millions of children in the U.S. live with grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives, often after a family crisis. But many kinship families take in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":847,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-excerpt-742145/episodes/kinship-families-raise-millions-of-children-where-is-the-support/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-excerpt-742145/kinship-families-raise-millions-of-children-where-is-the-support.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}