Kinship Care is the full-time care, nurturing and protection of children by relatives, members of their tribes or clans, godparents, stepparents, or any adult who has a kinship bond with a child. The Kinship Navigator Program is meant to bring awareness to and further expand support to families providing kinship care.
The Kinship Navigator Program provides the following for kinship caregivers and the children in their care:
For more information please contact:
Gloria A. Walker, Kinship Navigator
104B N. Witchduck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
(757) 385-3636
gawalker@vbgov.com
To make a referral to the Kinship Navigator Program, please download and return the fillable form.
Are you a kinship caregiver who needs help navigating the system of support available to you? Our Kinship Navigator Program can help! Download our referral form and/or contact your local Kinship Navigator. Additionally, there is a toll-free support services hotline that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call (888) 593-1972 to receive information and referrals for your family’s needs.
More than 2.5 million children currently are being raised by their grandparents and other relatives, both formally through the child welfare system and informally through private family arrangements. When these caregivers take on this responsibility, they often receive little to no financial support or advice regarding how to navigate the many systems they might need to access to meet the needs of the children in their care.
Kinship Navigator programs help fill that gap by providing caregivers with information, education, and referrals to a wide range of services and supports. The Navigator’s goal is to maximize the caregivers’ ability to provide safety and stability and, if needed, permanency for the children placed in their home. (The Casey Foundation)
Children may be unable to live with their parents because of:
*Adapted from CWLA New Generation PRIDE
