Title IV-E Kinship Navigator Program

Objective

The Title IV-E Kinship Navigator Program supports kinship caregivers in learning about, finding, and using other programs and services to meet the needs of the children they are raising and their own needs. They also promote effective partnerships among public and private agencies to ensure kinship caregiver families are served. The Kinship Navigator Program helps states, Indian tribes, tribal organizations and tribal consortia (tribes) that also operate the title IV-E foster care and adoption assistance programs to operate their own kinship navigator programs.

Who Can Apply

• U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)
• Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
• State

State and Tribal agencies directly administering approved title IV-E plans may participate in the Kinship Navigator program.

Who Benefits

• Infant and Toddler (0-3)
• Young Child (4-9)
• Pre-Teen (10-12)
• Teen (13-19)

Kinship caregivers and the children they are raising are eligible beneficiaries.

Assistance Types

• Grant

Program Contact

liliana.chakrabarti@acf.hhs.gov
(202)205-8086