Support for Kinship Care Families
The PA Kinship Navigator: Information and resources available for kinship care families in Pennsylvania.
According to the Grandfacts: State Fact Sheets for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children (2010), in Pennsylvania, 240,000 children (8.6 percent of the children in the state) are living in grandparent-headed households and another 48,300 (1.7 percent of the state’s children) live in households headed by other relatives. Approximately 80,000 grandparents in Pennsylvania responsible for meeting the needs of children in their care.
The PA Kinship Navigator is an online database of programs, services, and resources available for kinship care families in Pennsylvania. Information is presented by county.
