Kinship Foster Care Seminar

In recognition of Kinship Care Awareness Month in September, Kids Crossing, a child placement agency that has been serving the Pueblo community for more than 25 years, is hosting a seminar on new and expanded kinship foster care services.

Due to the passage of SB24-008, Kinship Foster Care Homes, the State of Colorado has launched expanded services to support kinship care foster families in the Pueblo community, to include the ability to get licensed by a private agency as an alternative to the county department of human services.

For the first time ever, kinship foster families, like a grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher, coach, church companion, or family friend now qualify for the same services as traditional foster families. Those services may include crisis intervention, mental health treatment, school tutoring, a financial stipend and more. Kinship certification has been simplified to keep families and communities together.