This KIN-VIP Support Group provides a community of support for kinship caregivers who have been impacted by a family member’s substance use. This group will offer a safe space where kinship caregivers can find support, understanding, resources, and hope. The group is completely free and available to any caregiver raising a relative or fictive kin […]
This group will focus on the day-to-day issues involving relative and fictive kin care and will be a place where each member can find support, resources, ideas, and a place to belong as a relative or fictive kin provider. This group meeting will be welcoming guest speakers and discussing kinship group meetings. REGISTER NOW
This group is an opportunity for kinship caregivers to come together to find support, community, and resources in the care of relative and fictive children. This group will focus on the day to day issues involving relative and fictive kin care and will be shaped by the identified needs of group participants. This group is […]
Project School Readiness! is a new, educational group opportunity for kinship caregivers who have questions about navigating school for the upcoming school year! This group is only scheduled to meet TWICE–July 22 at 11 am EST and August 12 at 7 pm EST and will provide a space where kinship caregivers can ask questions and […]
Raising children and teens in today’s society can be challenging-raising kinship children to navigate these challenges successfully can be even more challenging. As kinship caregivers we hope to prepare our children for all the difficult choices and situations they may face as they grow up in an ever-changing society and culture; however, navigating these conversations […]
Last year, Kentucky Youth Advocates worked in collaboration with child welfare stakeholders (including relative and fictive caregivers) getting feedback on the common issues they faced when first involved in the system. To learn more about what we heard, see the compiled report here: https://kyyouth.org/lessons-learned-from-navigating-the-system/ Throughout 2024, KYA is sharing this information with current and former child […]