Provides support services to those extended family members who accept the charge of caregiver at Franklin County Children Services case closure. Service is provided through financial assistance, service linkage, support groups, and one-to-one counseling. Support services and limited material assistance is also provided to eligible kinship caregivers with open FCCS cases.

Provides a variety of supportive services to grandparents raising grandchildren. Services include assistance in gaining access to services, information about support groups, and financial assistance for a variety of needs, including clothing, respite care, educational supplies, and medical and dental services.

Kinship services provide assistance to family members who have custody of minor family members. Available services include: Rent, Utilities, Transportation expenses, Work clothes/uniforms, Work tools/equipment, Household items, Family building/Youth education activities.

Provides short-term, time-limited payments to relative caregivers who have obtained permanent legal custody of a child. Not emergency assistance. Payments are designed to reimburse the initial costs associated with taking a relative's child/ren into the home. Those eligible can receive $525 per child initially and $300 per child at six-month intervals, not to exceed 8 total payments. Availability determined by state budget and availability of funds.

Provides temporary financial support for minor children in the legal and physical custody of grandparents, relatives, and other kinship caregivers. Eligible kinship caregivers will receive an initial payment to help defray the costs of initial placement and may receive subsequent payment at six-month intervals to support the stability of the child's placement in the home.

Provides temporary financial support for minor children in the legal and physical custody of grandparents, relatives, and other kinship caregivers. Eligible kinship caregivers will receive an initial payment to help defray the costs of initial placement and may receive subsequent payment at six-month intervals to support the stability of the child's placement in the home.

Kinship care refers to a temporary or permanent arrangement in which a relative or a nonrelative adult, who has a long-standing relationship or bond with the child and/or family, takes over the full-time, substitute care of that child. In many cases kinship caregivers are grandparents. Nearly 100.000 grandparents in the state of Ohio are raising their grandchildren. Kinship care represents the most desirable temporary or permanent out-of-home-placement option for children who cannot live with their parents. It offers family preservation and the greatest level of stability.

Provides temporary financial support for minor children in the legal and physical custody of grandparents, relatives, and other kinship caregivers. Eligible kinship caregivers will receive an initial payment to help defray the costs of initial placement and may receive subsequent payment at six-month intervals to support the stability of the child's placement in the home.

The Kinship Permanency Incentive (KPI) program was created to support children in the homes of family or friends who have committed to caring for them when birth parents cannot. KPI provides time-limited incentive payments to families caring for their kin. Eligible kinship caregivers will receive an initial payment to defray costs of initial placement and may receive subsequent payments at six-month intervals to support the stability of the child's placement in the home. The maximum incentive amount may not exceed eight payments and will not be provided for longer than forty-eight consecutive months. KPI payments are in addition to Ohio Works First (OWF) cash assistance received for the child.

Help Kinship Caregiver 'Navigator" with the systems of custody, medical care and application. Kinship money, school services and anything else they may need to take care of for a child they have custody of. Which is mostly grandparents of the children.

The Kinship Care Subsidy Program KPI Program provides incentive payments to families caring for their kin.

Provides temporary financial support for minor children in the legal and physical custody of grandparents, relatives, and other kinship caregivers. Eligible kinship caregivers will receive an initial payment to help defray the costs of initial placement and may receive subsequent payment at six-month intervals to support the stability of the child's placement in the home.

The KPI Program is designed to promote and support permanent kinship caregivers by providing time-limited incentive payments to families caring for their kin. Eligible caregivers shall receive a one-time payment to defray costs of placement and may receive subsequent payments at six month intervals to support the stability of the child's placement in the home.

Assist kinship caregivers and their children by making referrals, assisting with forms and accompanying caregivers to community resources as needed.

The Kinship Child Care Program can help eligible kinship caregivers pay for child care. Those eligible can select a child care provider licensed and contracted by the state, and the child can then receive child care services at no cost.

Provides short term, time-limited payments to eligible relative caregivers who have obtained permanent legal custody of a child. Not emergency assistance. Payments are designed to reimburse the initial costs associated with taking a relative's child/ren into the home. Those eligible can apply for $525 per child initially, and $300 per child at six month intervals, not to exceed eight total payments.

Provides cash payments to children in the legal custody of Kinship, and provides full time caregivers raising a child or chidren other than their own with assistance in accessing services with the community.

OhioKAN is a flexible and responsive kinship and adoption navigator program designed to assist children, caregivers, and families statewide.

Offers assistance to grandparents, aunts, uncles, adult siblings and other caregivers who are raising children who are not their biological children.

Offers support to kinship caregivers who are providing full-time care to a minor child whose biological parents are unable to do so. The Kinship Support Program helps with a variety of free short-term services that can be accessed once a calendar year.

Only available to children families assumed custody of on or after July 1, 2005.KPI, Kinship Permanency Incentive) provides time-limited incentive payments to families caring for their kin. Eligible kinship caregivers will receive an initial payment to defray costs of initial placement and may receive subsequent payments at six-month intervals to support the stability of the child's placement in the home. The maximum incentive amount may not exceed eight payments and will not be provided for longer than forty-eight consecutive months.

KPI provides time-limited incentive payments to families caring for their kin. Eligible kinship caregivers will receive an initial payment to defray costs of initial placement and may receive subsequent payments at six-month intervals to support the stability of the child's placement in the home. The maximum incentive amount may not exceed eight payments and will not be provided for longer than forty-eight consecutive months.

Provides up to $10,000 in funding per adopted child with special needs per year, to help cover the costs associated with specialized services, resources, and more. May pay for services not covered under other adoption subsidy programs, insurance programs or Medicaid. PASSS funds can be used to cover the following: Medical and surgical services Psychiatric, psychological, and counseling/therapeutic services Residential treatment Treatment foster care In-patient hospitalization Respite

Provides temporary financial support for minor children in the legal and physical custody of grandparents, relatives, and other kinship caregivers. Eligible kinship caregivers will receive an initial payment to help defray the costs of initial placement and may receive subsequent payment at six-month intervals to support the stability of the child's placement in the home.

Provides time-limited incentive payments to families caring for their kin. Eligible kinship caregivers will receive an initial payment to defray costs of initial placement and may receive subsequent payments at six-month intervals to support the stability of the child's placement in the home. The maximum incentive amount may not exceed eight payments and will not be provided for longer than 48 consecutive months.