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PA KinConnector provides guidance, advice, and support for grandparents raising grandchildren and other relative and non-relative Kinship Caregivers

Kinship care is the full-time care, nurturing and protection of children by relatives or any adult who has a “kinship” bond with the children. These caregivers may include grandparents, aunts or uncles, siblings of the children requiring care, cousins or non-blood “relatives,” such as a teacher, coach or family friend.

Kinship care has been on the rise in Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Courts have produced this new video to help potential kinship providers learn about and understand kinship foster care, navigate the dependency court system and take the necessary steps to become a kinship parent.

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What is Kinship Care?

Authored By: PA Courts

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If You’re a Kinship Caregiver in One of Pennsylvania’s 67 Counties, We’re Here to Help.

PA KinConnector is an information, referral and education program for kinship caregivers in Pennsylvania. Kinship caregivers are blood and non-blood relatives (ie teachers, coaches, and family friends) who care for children when their biological parents can’t.

 

There are an estimated 259,405 children in Pennsylvania under 18 that live in homes where householders are grandparents or other relatives.  82,556 grandparents in Pennsylvania are responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren. 

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The KinConnectors seek to assist these caregivers by providing information on financial assistance, legal information and referrals, and other issues caregivers face when raising children to provide stability and permanency in the home.

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Call us today for more information. 

Visual descriptions of information, data, or knowledge important to Kinship Families.

Visual descriptions of information, data, or knowledge important to Kinship Families.

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