The Long Return Institute

Family & education

Care, school, and the next conversation.

Choose a resource for your situation. These guides help you prepare questions and find the office or provider responsible for the answer.

Choose a starting point

Care for an older adult or family member

Short starting pages, call preparation, and a printable care packet.

Available with limits. Contacts were last verified July 31, 2026; confirm them with the provider.

Open the family care guide

School, training, or work

Explore school and family education questions, or adult study and workforce pathways.

For review. Prepare questions; confirm current options with the school or program before making a decision.

Explore education pathways

A child or family situation

Find public sources for child-welfare and kinship-care questions.

Public contacts only. The Institute’s interactive tool remains in institutional testing.

See public contacts and options

Not sure where to start

Use what you already know to identify the first office to contact and what to ask.

Available with limits. The receiving office confirms the next step.

Find a first contact