Kinship Virtual Meeting

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Join other relative caregivers at monthly Kinship meetings. Encompass provides a safe place for those hoping to share concerns, joys, and resources associated with the unique responsibility of raising children.

Kinship meetings now take place via Zoom at 2pm on Wednesdays. Please contact Laura Lewis for the meeting link and more information.

Kinship Care – Children living with family or friends who care for them and provide them with shelter and safety. Kinship caregivers include grandparents, godparents, aunts/uncles,  cousins, and stepparents (through blood, adoption, or marriage) or any adult who is not a relative but has a bond which the family recognizes with the child or children. 

• Informal Kinship Care is parenting of children by kin as a result of a decision by the family.

• Formal Kinship Care is parenting of children by kin as a result of a determination by the court and the child protective service agency.