June 01, 2025

This trifold guide from the Virginia Department of Social Services explains options for extended family members (kinship caregivers) to  care for reltative children and youth.

Kinship care is a way for children to stay connected to family when they are unable to live with their parents due to illness, incarceration, housing instability, and/or abuse or neglect.

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  Kinship Care options brochure from VDSS