Foster Kinship

Child Welfare Training: The child welfare training program serves kinship families who are caring for children in the foster care system. The program provides information sessions, kinship licensing classes, CPR and car seat classes, and QPI training classes to ensure families provide the most safe, stable, and nurturing home for children in foster care placed with relatives or fictive kin. In 2023 Foster Kinship provided over 6,000 child welfare training services to 1500 kinship caregivers caring for children in the custody of Nevada Child Welfare agencies. Services are free and require a referral from the child welfare agency. All services are available in English and Spanish and are delivered by kinship peer-professionals who understand the challenges and opportunities of kinship care. The average cost per household was $210.

The Enhanced Kinship Navigator Program provides statewide information, referral, support, and case management services for anyone raising a relative or fictive kin child in Nevada, with a goal of increasing safety, stability, and nurturing capacity through the following objectives: Legal Capacity, Financial Stability, Parenting and Child Community Connection, and Caregiver Support. Enhanced services build upon the core work and include a childcare/repsite program, kinship resource/donation center, and the Kinship Training Institute. All services are free and available in English and Spanish, delivered by kinship peer-professionals who understand the challenges and opportunities of kinship care. In 2023 Foster Kinship provided over 39,000 kinship navigator services to 2,877 kinship families. The goal of all services, regardless of the child's involvement with the child welfare system, is to stabilize the child with kin and prevent entry into the foster care system to live with strangers or congregate care. Services were provided out of the Las Vegas and Reno offices and by virtual case management in 36 NV cities. The average cost for the program is $626 per family.