Assessing Kin Caregiver Needs to Provide Responsive Services and Support
October 30, 2024
Webinar Wrap-Up: Assessing Kin Caregiver Needs
Kin Caregiver Assessment Tools:
Washington State Kin Caregiver Needs Assessment for its Kinship Navigator services
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Kin Caregiver Needs Assessment for its Kinship Parenting Program (adapted from Washington State’s assessment)
National Kin Caregiver Assessment for Kin-Specific Foster Care Licensing:
Additional Related Materials:
National Kin-Specific Model Foster Care Licensing Standards
Overview of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Kinship Parenting Program
Washington State Kinship Program Services
Assessing the needs of kinship/grandfamilies is critical to providing relevant services, capitalizing on their strengths, and helping them overcome their challenges. Explore kinship assessments through several vantage points.
- Explore how Washington State’s kinship navigator program is assessing and responding to kin caregiver needs and how Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s Children & Family Services has adapted the tool to align with their Kinship Parenting Program’s values, culture, and practices.
- Learn about the Kinship Caregiver Assessment in the nationally recommended Kin-Specific Foster Home Approval Standards, which considers the ability of a kin caregiver to care for all the physical, emotional, medical, and educational needs of the child and meets the federal criteria for title IV-E agencies’ assessment of kin caregivers. See how the Assessment was developed based in part on interviews with 24 title IV-E agencies in states, territories, and tribes, and through a co-design process with key stakeholders.
- Hear from a panel of kin caregivers on what they recommend as the best approaches to assessing their needs.
Following the webinar, we hosted a half-hour Q&A session with the presenters.
Presenters:
Rosalyn Alber, Kinship and Lifespan Respite Program Manager, Home & Community Services, Aging & Long-Term Support Administration, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Asad Bandeali, Bloom Works
Anissa Pérez, Bloom Works
Sonya Silva, Bloom Works
Cheryl A. Miller, Director, Children & Family Services, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
Robyn Wind, GRAND Voices Support Coordinator, National Center on Grandfamilies, Generations United
Minister AnnaMarie White, GRAND Voice