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VERMONT KINSHIP CARE KIDS IS:

  • a online group of Vermont Kinship Caregivers interested in
    networking with other Kinship Caregivers to share ideas and
    resources, provide online and phone support, and empower
    one another to continue to advocate on behalf of Kinship
    Care children and families.

  • is committed to providing all kinship caregivers useful
    information, support and resources that will assist you in
    providing a safe, healthy and loving home for kinship care
    children.

  • is a place where kinship caregivers will join in fellowship to
    increase awareness and educate others of the joys and
    benefits of becoming a Kinship Caregiver.

  • is committed to the continued development of services,
    programs and legislation that will support Kinship Caregivers
    in providing care and protection to Kinship Care children.

  • works in partnership with "Vermont Kin As Parents" in
    supporting kin who are raising relative children.


VERMONT KIN AS PARENTS, known as VKAP,
is a nonprofit organization committed to supporting kin who are
raising relative children.

VKAP :
  • assists in the development of support groups for Kinship
    caregivers and the children in their care.

  • Organizes annual kinship care conference.

  • Offers resources and referral services to caregivers; and

  • Educates public and private agencies about the issues faced by
    caregivers and their families.

VKAP's staff and volunteers are available to help you:

  • Navigate your way through the multiple systems that
exist to help children and families;

  • Figure out the right questions to ask;

  • Deal with the difficult emotions you may experience when you
    assume the role of primary caregiver for relative child; and

  • Connect with kinship caregivers who have experienced similar
    issues as well as support groups through out Vermont.

  • Please contact VKAP at:
( 802)- 338-4725
Vermont Kin As Parents
VERMONT KINSHIP CARE KIDS
AN ON-LINE SUPPORT GROUP PROVIDED BY THE
FRANKLIN/GRAND ISLE VERMONT KINSHIP CARE SUPPORT GROUP

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THIS WEBSITE IS FUNDED BY AN ANONYMOUS DONATION AND IS MAINTAINED BY THE VERMONT FRANKLIN GRAND ISLE KINSHIP CARE SUPPORT GROUP
THE VERMONT KINSHIP CARE KIDS GROUP WELCOMES YOU
"Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents
sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children."
Alex Haley
  • ARE YOU PROVIDING KINSHIP CARE TO A CHILD OF A RELATIVE OR FAMILY MEMBER?

  • ARE YOU PROVIDING INFORMAL OR FORMAL KINSHIP CARE TO A RELATIVE CHILD OR CHILDREN?

  • ARE YOU AWARE OF THE VERMONT ORGANIZATION "VERMONT KIN AS PARENTS" BETTER KNOWN AS VKAP?

  • ARE YOU AWARE THAT THERE ARE MANY KINSHIP CARE SUPPORT GROUPS THROUGHOUT VERMONT?

  • ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT   KINSHIP CARE AND THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO
KINSHIP CAREGIVERS?

  • WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN A NETWORK OF KINSHIP CAREGIVERS AND SHARE THE JOYS AND STRUGGLES
OF PROVIDING CARE FOR KINSHIP KIDS?

DO YOU NEED GUIDANCE, SUPPORT,INFORMATION OR A SHOULDER TO LEAN ON?
Who are Kinship Caregivers?

Kinship Caregivers are family members—most often grandparents but also aunts,
uncles and even siblings who serve as short-term or long-term primary caregivers
for children whose own parents are unable to care for them.

The majority of “kinship care” arrangements are informal, private arrangements
between parents and relative caregivers, while other situations involve the child
welfare system.

There are also more formal kinship care
arrangements, including third-party custody and guardianship arrangements.
Estimates of the number of children living informally with relatives range as high as
nine for every one in formal placement in the child welfare system
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