Kinship Care Program launched by GA Division of Family and Children Services

Are you a Kinship care family, raising grandchildren, great-grandchildren or other relatives? The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services has launched the Kinship Care Program in direct response to thecaregiver increasing number of grandparents, relatives, and other caregivers who have assumed responsibility for raising another relative’s child/ren. As of 2013, sixteen percent (16%) of all children in care were placed with relatives/kin. A Kinship Caregiver serves as a short or long term caregiver for relative child/ren.

A Kinship Caregiver can be a grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling, or anyone who has established a ‘kin’ like bond with the child/ren. The majority of “kinship care” arrangements are informal, private arrangements between parents and relative caregivers, while other situations involve the child welfare system. The Kinship Care program serves as a one-stop shop for information and referral services to grandparents, relatives, and other caregivers who are currently raising child/ren related to them.

If you are in need of our services, or know of a family, please contact:

Marquita Newsome M.S.
Regional Kinship Care Navigator
Division of Family and Children Services
(Clayton, Henry, Rockdale Counties)
877 Battle Creek Road
Jonesboro, Georgia 30236
Office: (770) 473-2385
Fax: 770-603-4673
[email protected]