Donte Massey, DC KinCare Alliance Community Board Advocacy Lead, Provides Testimony Supporting Full Funding for Relative Caregiver Subsidies

DC KinCare Alliance Community Board Advocacy Lead Donte Massey shared his experience raising four younger siblings after a family crisis and explained how the Close Relative Caregiver Program helped stabilize his family through housing, transportation, food, and educational support. His testimony urges the Council to fully fund the Grandparent Caregiver and Close Relative Caregiver subsidy programs, emphasizing that kinship caregivers provide the same essential care and stability as foster parents and need equal financial support to keep children safely connected to family and community.