Please Note: We are a nonprofit, charitable legal services organization. We are not affiliated with the DC Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) or CFSA's Kinship Navigator.

We are a nonprofit, legal services organization. We are not affiliated with the DC Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) or CFSA's Kinship Navigator.

Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan Quoted in News Article About Expanding the Grandparent and Close Relative Caregiver Subsidies

Important expansion of this critical support for relative caregivers to help keep at-risk DC children safe and stable by making the subsidy available immediately, including godparents and relatives living just over the boarder in Maryland, and relatives who take in children in multi-generational families where the parents live in the home but have a disability,

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DC KinCare Alliance works to support relative caregivers who raise DC’s most vulnerable and at-risk children whose parents are not able to care for them for reasons including: death, incarceration, homelessness, substance use or mental health disorders, abuse or neglect, detainment or deportation. We empower relatives to care for these children by providing legal representation, education, and advocacy for the whole family.

Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan Quoted in News Article About Expanding the Grandparent and Close Relative Caregiver Subsidies

Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan Quoted in News Article About Expanding the Grandparent and Close Relative Caregiver Subsidies

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