Kinship Caregivers Support Program offered by Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities of Southwest Washington in Clark County
201 Northeast 73rd Street, Vancouver, WA 98665
Eligibility
Serves kinship families in Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Skamania, Klickitat and Clark counties.
Kinship families are formed when grandparents or other relatives care for children whose own parents are unable to care for them. The arrangement can be informal and private; in other situations, the local child welfare agency is involved.
Hours
M-F, 8am-5pm.
(360) 759-4317
Voice·
Main Phone
Languages
American Sign Language, Interpreter services
Application process
Call for information.
Fees
None.
Service area
Wahkiakum, WA
Cowlitz, WA
Skamania, WA
Klickitat, WA
Clark, WA
Other Information
Languages
- American Sign Language
- Interpreter services
Payment Options
- Free
Helps pay for the cost of emergent needs incurred by kinship caregivers at the time a child(ren) comes to live with them as well as after the initial period. Examples of what funds may be used toward include but are not necessarily limited to rent, utilities, clothes, bedding, school supplies, food, and sports and youth activity costs for child.
What's Here
Providing organization
Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington
Federally designated agency on aging for Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania, and Wahkiakum Counties. Promotes independence, choice, wellbeing, and dignity of people age 60 and older and adults with disabilities and their families through a comprehensive, coordinated system of home and community-based services.