The Promoting Permanency Through Kinship Families Act seeks to establish kinship care as an essential permanency option for children and youth who cannot be safely cared for by their parents. It addresses the significant adverse outcomes faced by youth aging out of foster care and aims to reverse these trends by supporting family connections. The bill's core purpose is to remove financial and other barriers for relatives and fictive kin who can provide safe, stable placements. The legislation amends state plan requirements for child welfare services, mandating that states address disproportionality and actively involve relatives and fictive kin in case planning. States must make and document prompt, active, and continuous efforts to identify and locate kin for potential guardianship, foster, or adoptive placements. Furthermore, states must provide clear and convincing evidence if a kin placement is deemed not in the child's best interest or if efforts to locate kin are determined to be futile. The bill modifies the conditions under which states can file for termination of parental rights, requiring compelling reasons and demonstrated provision of services to parents, while also ensuring kinship caregivers have a meaningful opportunity to express their opinion. It also revises criminal record check requirements for kinship caregivers, prohibiting denial of placement based on past allegations or records without particularized information demonstrating a current safety threat. Additionally, the bill prohibits states from imposing an upper age limit when determining if an individual is qualified to be a kinship caregiver. To enhance financial and programmatic support, the Act makes participation in the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program mandatory for states and reduces the required foster care placement period for eligibility. It eliminates the AFDC eligibility requirement for foster care maintenance payments for children placed in a foster family home, broadening access to these funds. The bill also expands the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program to include new kinship placement support services , such as crisis stabilization, family finding, and direct cash payments to kin caregivers, while requiring states to maintain their level of spending on kinship placements.