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Kinship Care

Kinship Care Resource Kit
This resource kit is designed to help individuals and organizations to support kinship caregivers.

Understanding Kinship Care (PDF, 110 KB)
How to Offer Services and Supports to Kinship Famlies (PDF, 260 KB)
Kinship Care Resource Pages (PDF, 372 KB)
Other National and State Kinship Resources (PDF, 156 KB)

Financial Assistance for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children (PDF, 54 KB)
August 2005

Healthy Ties: Ensuring Health Coverage for Children Raised by Grandparents and Other Relatives (PDF, 351 KB)

Strengthening the Safety Net: Expanding Community Supports for Kinship Care Families—A Kinship Care Overview

Subsidized Guardianship Programs

The Children's Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind^® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF provides a strong, effective and independent voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investments before they get sick, drop out of school, get into trouble or suffer family breakdown. CDF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations. We have never taken government funds. Read more...

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