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What is informal kinship care? Informal kinship care is where a child is looked after by a close relative, such as a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt or step-parent.
Kin/grandfamily caregivers are often socially isolated from their peers and may feel guilt and shame about their adult relative or friend who is unable to parent, especially if it is their own adult child. They may neglect their own physical and/or mental health as they focus on caring for the children.
The local authority does not have a duty to assess informal kinship care arrangements, unless it appears to the authority that services may be necessary to safeguard or promote the welfare of a child in need in their area.
The state-funded Kinship Caregivers Support Program (KCSP) is available for kinship families who are not involved with the child welfare system. It is available in every county and provides financial assistance of up to $1,500 a year per family for the purpose of meeting concrete needs.
Independent/Informal Kinship Care • Children that live with a relative without any child. welfare system involvement. • The kinship caregivers may have taken the child into.
The Washington State Kinship Navigator program is intended to support formal and informal kinship caregivers and the children they are raising. Washington state defines a kinship caregiver as any individual who steps in to raise a child when the child's parents are unable to do so.
The Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program. The Kin-GAP program is a permanency option for children in long-term placement with relatives, which provides a monthly payment to the relative guardian.
If you are a fully certified or approved foster parent and a child has been placed with you in foster care for six-months or more, you may be eligible for the Kinship Guardian- ship Assistance Program (KinGAP).
Kinship Caregiver Affidavit (pdf)- one per student It commonly refers to relatives raising children who are not in foster care. A kinship caregiver is authorized to enroll a child in school by completing a Kinship Caregiver Affidavit.
The Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (KinGAP) provides an avenue out of foster care, and into permanency, for children who are in foster care with kin -- a relative or someone who plays the role of a relative in their life (godparent, close family friend etc).