Kinship Care Program
A Family Education Program for Grandparents and Other Kin Raising Children.
In 1999, 2.3 million children lived with relatives without a parent present, commonly referred to as kinship care. The largest percentages of these children were teens (44%), a third is school-age (35%), and the remaining 21% are 5 or younger. Most of these children are cared for by a grandparent, but significant portions are also cared for by aunts and uncles.
In response to the growing social phenomenon of kinship care, CFERT offers the following services under the Kinship Care Program:
Technical Assistance
- Strategic Planning Process
- Program Development
- Needs Assessment
- Curriculum Selection
- Logic Model
- Community Readiness
- Evaluation
- Desk Top Publishing
- Publicity & Marketing
- Program Implementation
Training
Curriculum Training of Trainers:
Second Time Around: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Educational Services
- Co-facilitation of sessions
- Mentor/coaching
- Technical support