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Kinship Caregivers are family members who provide primary care for children whose own parents are unable to care for them.
Kinship Caregivers are family members who provide primary care for children whose own parents are unable to care for them.
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Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Kinship Care
Support for relatives acting as parents or guardians of minor children.
The Kinship Care Program assists relatives acting as parents or guardians of minor children by providing information, referrals to support groups, counseling and potential financial assistance for basic needs such as school supplies, rent/utilities, and tutoring.
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Caregiver Consultation and Support
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Provides interactive, educational workshops to strengthen the knowledge and skills of caregivers. Offers kinship mentoring and other specialized assistance as needed.
Provides interactive, educational workshops to strengthen the knowledge and skills of caregivers. Workshops cover topics like, How to be an Advocate for your child, Self-Care for the Caregiver, Understanding Online Learning, Urgent Help for Students at Home.
Kinship Peer Mentors:
Provides support for Native American and African American kinship caregivers in the early stages of the care of relatives' children, and especially for those informal caregivers not involved through a system such as child welfare.
- Kinship Mentoring provides services and supports to access community resources for a 90-day period, then assists in transitions to other services.
- Specialized funds provide extra help and specialized support for eligible kinship caregivers. (55+, King County, kinship caregivers, specialized ethnic populations).
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Kinship Care
Kinship Navigator Programs
Helps relative caregivers (grandparents and aunts/uncles) obtain information, support, guidance, and financial assistance to care for children less than 18 years of age.
The Kinship Care Program assists relatives acting as parents or guardians of minor children by providing information, referrals to support groups, counseling and potential financial assistance for basic needs such as school supplies, rent/utilities, and tutoring.
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Caregiver Consultation and Support
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Provides monthly structured discussion groups, socialization opportunities, and educational programming about common issues for grandfamilies supporting relative children of all ages, abilities, and identities with connections to community resources.
Provides monthly structured discussion groups, socialization opportunities, and educational programming about common issues for grandfamilies, which includes strategies for supporting relative children of all ages, abilities, and identities, specialized information and referral services with connections to community resources.
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Parenting Skills Classes
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Kinship Navigator Programs
Offers support groups, education, foster care and adoption support, help for guardians, as well as special programs for foster youth and teens.
Offers support groups, education, foster care and adoption support, help for guardians, as well as special programs for foster youth and teens. Kinship (Non-Parent Guardian Navigation): helps guardians or caregivers understand and navigate the services available to children living in their care. Navigator is available to help kinship caregivers with information about resources for legal assistance; assistance applying for Federal and State subsidies; locating or maintaining child care; navigating through the educational system, and advocacy and referrals to medical, dental, and mental health services. Foster Teen & Young Adult Programs: provides programs that guide and support foster youth between the ages of 14-23, as they transition from foster care to self-sufficiency. Through group trainings, one-on-one coaching, and adult and peer mentors, youth receive support to pursue their education, train for employment, learn financial literacy, and develop critical life skills such as creating healthy relationships, self-advocacy, and maintaining support networks. Also assist homeless youth and youth ages 18-24, who have transitioned from foster care with obtaining and maintaining housing. Helps youth in setting and achieving personal goals related to living independently.
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Life Skills Education
Kinship Care
Organizational Advocacy Program Development
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Offers support for relatives acting as parents or guardians of minor children. Services include information, resources, support groups, and possible financial assistance.
The Kinship Care Program assists relatives acting as parents or guardians of minor children by providing information, referrals to support groups, counseling and potential financial assistance for basic needs such as school supplies, rent/utilities, and tutoring.
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Caregiver Consultation and Support
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Support for relatives acting as parents or guardians of minor children.
The Kinship Care Program assists relatives acting as parents or guardians of minor children by providing information, referrals to support groups, counseling and potential financial assistance for basic needs such as school supplies, rent/utilities, and tutoring.
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Caregiver Consultation and Support
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Offers support groups for those interested in relative care, foster care and/or adoption. Also offers groups for foster, adoptive and relative caregivers.
Offers support groups for those interested in relative care, foster care and/or adoption. Also offers groups for foster, adoptive and relative caregivers.
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Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Provides case management and emotional support for relative caregivers to children as well as quarterly activities for grandparents and other relatives who are raising children again. Home visits available.
Provides case management and emotional support for relative caregivers to children.
Offers a safe place for grandparents and other relatives to share concerns, joys and resources associated with the unique responsibility of raising children again. Home visits available.
Offers quarterly social activities for the whole family.
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Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Kinship program provides grandparents and relatives who are raising children. Helps connect caregivers with community resources such as health, financial, legal, support groups, training and emergency funds.
Kinship program provides grandparents and relatives who are raising children. Helps connect caregivers with community resources such as health, financial, legal, support groups, training and emergency funds.
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Kinship Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Offers respite services to give caregivers a break from their responsibilities. Offers protective supervision, personal care, meals, activities, and assistance with daily tasks.
The Family Caregiver Support Program provides assistance to unpaid caregivers with resources and information enabling them to continue at-home care. Services are free or low cost and may include- assistance and information on accessing services; caregiver support groups and counseling; caregiver training and education; and respite care.
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Adult In Home Respite Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Caregiver Counseling
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Provides early intervention and infant mental health services for foster children ages birth through 3, including developmental assessment and follow-up.
Provides a safety net for children involved in the child welfare system by ensuring their developmental and social-emotional needs are identified and addressed. It also strengthens relationships so that parents and caregivers can better work together for their child’s success. By supporting a child’s entire care team, CHERISH positively transforms a child’s developmental trajectory, empowering them to reach their full potential.
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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Specialized Pediatric Evaluation
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Special Preschools
Psychological Assessment
Provides encouragement, advocacy and kinship caregiver support groups to relatives raising relative children.
Provides encouragement, advocacy and kinship caregiver support groups to relatives raising relative children. A relative may be a grandparent, aunt, uncle, adult sibling or someone who has a longstanding relationship with the minor child. Financial assistance is available to qualifying caregivers raising another relatives child(ren). Assistance can include utilities, food, clothing, car repair, rental/mortgage assistance, etc.
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Kinship Care Subsidy Programs
Kinship Care
Offers children and family counseling, treatment for child victims of sexual abuse, and coordination of family support services, including parent education, parenting classes, and family advocate services to promote the self-sufficiency and well-being of families.
Offers children and family counseling, treatment for child victims of sexual abuse, and coordination of family support services, including parent education, parenting classes, and family advocate services to promote the self-sufficiency and well-being of families.
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Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Child Guidance
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Parenting Skills Classes
Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Parent Support Groups
Family Counseling Agencies
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Kinship program provides grandparents and relatives who are raising children. Helps connect caregivers with community resources such as health, financial, legal, support groups, training and emergency funds.
Kinship program provides grandparents and relatives who are raising children. Helps connect caregivers with community resources such as health, financial, legal, support groups, training and emergency funds.
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Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Kinship Care
Kinship program provides grandparents and relatives who are raising children. Helps connect caregivers with community resources such as health, financial, legal, support groups, training and emergency funds.
Kinship program provides grandparents and relatives who are raising children. Helps connect caregivers with community resources such as health, financial, legal, support groups, training and emergency funds.
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Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Kinship Care
Support group meets at various times and locations in Thurston, Mason and Lewis Counties. Child care is available for children ages 3 to 12 years old.
Support group meets at various times and locations in Thurston, Mason and Lewis Counties. Child care is available for children ages 3 through 11 years old with registration.
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Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Connects foster parents to online and in person support groups and local foster parent associations. Holds an annual caregiver conference as well as mini conferences around the state.
Holds an annual caregiver conference as well as seven mini conferences around the state each year.
Connects foster parents to online and in person support groups and local foster parent associations.
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Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Parent to Parent Networking
Offers respite services to give caregivers a break from their responsibilities. Offers protective supervision, personal care, meals, activities, and assistance with daily tasks.
The Family Caregiver Support Program provides assistance to unpaid caregivers with resources and information enabling them to continue at-home care. Services are free or low cost and may include- assistance and information on accessing services; caregiver support groups and counseling; caregiver training and education; and respite care.
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Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Adult In Home Respite Care
Caregiver Counseling
Provides financial assistance for kinship caregivers. Licensed foster parents are ineligible. Adults 18+ must be the primary caregiver for their friend's or relative's children. Must have exhausted all other financial resources.
Provides financial assistance for eligible families providing kinship care. Examples of items that qualify for financial assistance are listed below:
- Food, clothing, transportation, household items
- Legal custody filing fees
- School uniforms, supplies, field trips, band instruments
- Sports and youth activities registrations, fees, uniforms, tutoring
- One-time help with rent or utilities to prevent eviction or shut-off
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Kinship Care Subsidy Programs
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Household Goods Vouchers
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Water Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Kinship program provides grandparents and relatives who are raising children. Helps connect caregivers with community resources such as health, financial, legal, support groups, training and emergency funds.
Kinship program provides grandparents and relatives who are raising children. Helps connect caregivers with community resources such as health, financial, legal, support groups, training and emergency funds.
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Kinship Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Support group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month and works in collaboration with the Hands on Children' Museum to provide a meeting place for the families with foster children to share experiences, parenting styles and ideas and support
Support group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month and works in collaboration with the Hands on Children's Museum to provide a meeting place for the families with foster children to share experiences, parenting styles and ideas and support for each other.
The HOCM also provides child care for the children with access to their facility.
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Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Assists kinship families in locating needed resources and services.
Assists kinship families in locating needed resources and services. The Navigator can accompany the family to CPS, Family Court, and School IEP Meetings to provide support and reassurance. The Navigator administers the Kinship Caregiver Support Program through one time financial grants to low-income Kinship Families. The Navigator is not an attorney and unable to provide legal advice or assist in completing any legal paperwork .
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Kinship Care Subsidy Programs
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Offers respite services to give caregivers a break from their responsibilities. Offers protective supervision, personal care, meals, activities, and assistance with daily tasks.
The Family Caregiver Support Program provides assistance to unpaid caregivers with resources and information enabling them to continue at-home care. Services are free or low cost and may include- assistance and information on accessing services; caregiver support groups and counseling; caregiver training and education; and respite care.
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Adult In Home Respite Care
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Caregiver Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups