This page is designed to be a resource for families who are caring for relative children. A “relative child” is a child being cared for by a relative, or “Relative Care Provider.” The arrangement may be informal or formal.
An Informal Relative Care Provider is a person caring for a relative child who is not in foster care or otherwise involved in the child welfare system. The family decides on its own that this relative will care for the child. The child’s birth parents keep legal custody, not the state.
A formal Relative Care Provider cares for a child who is in custody of the state. The state places the child with an appropriate relative, who then must work toward certification as a foster parent for that child.
If you are a Relative or Kinship Provider and would like to be contacted, please fill out the form below:
