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Kinship Caregiver Program

2751 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Napa, CA 94558
Provides information and shares the benefits of nonbiolical children being raised temporary or permanently by a relative or non-relative adult, who has a long-standing relationship or bond with the family. California law requires that when a child is removed from their home, relatives are searched for and if found, contacted and informed about the child's removal.

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Kinship Care

The Family & Children's Services Kinship Program

1400 Emeline Avenue, Building K, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Provides temporary placement of children in a safe, nurturing family environment with relatives or extended family members, when their parents cannot care for them. Offers care until the child can be reunited with his/her parents or adopted by another family. If possible, foster children are returned to their birth families, or through adoption, placed permanently with another family.

Santa Cruz County Kinship Support Service Program (KSS)

1400 Emeline Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Provides a free program designed to provide resources and support to help improve outcomes for families formed through kinship care. KSSP Santa Cruz is funded by Santa Cruz County, HSA and offered in collaboration with community-based service providers.