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kinship care program

The Kinship Care Program helps families who are raising someone else's child. Generally this occurs because the child's parents may have addiction issues, mental health problems, been incarcerated, are medically ill or have died or Child Protective Services has removed the child because of abuse or neglect. No child comes into kinship care for a happy reason. The program advocate and peer mentors help the family through the process of applying for cash assistance, going to courts for custody, enrolling children in school and sorting through all the complicated issues that arise when a child is suddenly dropped on someone's front step. We also provide support groups and assistance navigating complicated systems. Kinship caregivers can be any family member, a sibling, aunt, uncle ,grandparent, great grandparent, cousin, a family friend, a neighbor, someone from church, a teacher or a coach. We work with Kinship Caregivers who are 19 years old to 85 years old. We have run this program for 15 years and every year we work with at least 150 new kinship families.

The Kinship Care Program helps families who are raising someone else’s child.
Generally this occurs because the child’s parents may have addiction issues, mental health problems, been incarcerated, are medically ill or have died or Child Protective Services has removed the child because of abuse or neglect.
No child comes into kinship care for a happy reason.
The program advocate and peer mentors help the family through the process of applying for cash assistance, going to courts for custody, enrolling children in school and sorting through all the complicated issues that arise when a child is suddenly dropped on someone’s front step. We also provide support groups and assistance navigating complicated systems.
Kinship caregivers can be any family member, a sibling, aunt, uncle ,grandparent, great grandparent, cousin, a family friend, a neighbor, someone from church, a teacher or a coach.
We work with Kinship Caregivers who are 19 years old to 85 years old. We have run this program for 15 years and every year we work with at least 150 new kinship families.