Kinship Care
Studies commissioned by the Sisters of Charity Foundation in 1998 found that the number of Cuyahoga County children receiving full-time care from relatives other than their parents ranked slightly higher than the national average. The Foundation invested more than $1 million over five years to increase public awareness of the issue and create and expand services and policies relating to caregiver relatives.
The Kinship Care Initiative In addition to providing financial and production assistance for an award-winning WCPN-FM/WVIZ-TV public policy campaign, the Foundation was an early supporter of Cuyahoga County’s 2000 plan to improve services to kinship caregivers.
A second grant made in 2002 to Cuyahoga County Department of Senior & Adult Services was leveraged to attract a significant allocation of state dollars to the County program, and substantial grants were awarded to assist Fairhill Center form a coalition of service providers.
1998 Kinship Care Study
Kinship Care Initiative Summary
