What is Nrefm?

In California, a relative could also be a “nonrelative extended family member” (NREFM), which is defined as an adult caregiver who has an established familial relationship with a relative of the child or a familial or mentoring relationship with the child. …

What is Kingap?

The Kinship Guardian Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program was established to promote permanency for foster children living with an approved relative caregiver by offering guardianship through the juvenile court when dependency is dismissed.

What is informal kinship care?

In informal kinship care, the family decides that the child would be better off in the care of relatives. Biological parents do not lose their custody in this type of kinship care. Just as in foster care, the state begins the placement process for the child, but placement is with a relative.

What type of guardianships are there?

There are two types of guardianships, a full guardianship and a limited guardianship.

What is a kinship adoption?

A relative adoption, sometimes also referred to as a kinship adoption, is when an adult adopts an eligible family member. This family member becomes the child’s legal parent, but the child’s birth mother will still be able to remain an active part of the child’s life.

What are the three types of kinship provided by relatives care?

Children may come to live with their grandparents or other relatives in a number of ways, and only some of these ways involve the child welfare system. Kinship care arrangements fall roughly into three categories: (1) informal kinship care, (2) voluntary kinship care, and (3) formal kinship care.

What is AFDC ADC?

Aid to Dependent Children or ADC (later renamed Aid to Families with Dependent Children, AFDC) was Title IV of the Social Security Act of 1935. At first it functioned mainly to provide federal grants to help the states maintain their mothers’ aid laws that had been passed in 40 states between 1910 and 1920.

What is a private family arrangement?

By PFAs, we mean arrangements where children are cared for full-time by kinship carers (family/relative) who are not parents or legal guardians. The child is not in state care under the Child Care Act 1991 pursuant to either a care order under Section 18 or a formal voluntary care agreement under Section 4.

Who is entitled to kinship allowance?

All foster/kinship carers get an allowance to cover the cost of caring for a child in their home. Some foster carers also receive a fee because they have certain knowledge and skills. Financial support is also available to people supporting young people aged between 18 and 21 years old in: education.

What does it mean to be someone’s guardian?

Guardianship means obtaining the legal authority to make decisions for another person. A “guardian” is the person appointed by the court to make decisions on behalf of someone else. The person over whom the guardianship is granted (the child or the adult) is referred to as the “protected person.”