kinship care rule
Today, Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra announces approval for Michigan to become the first state to implement separate licensing standards for kin caregivers. Michigan is the first state approved following the Salt River Pima Tribe in Arizona.
Encouraging and helping kin caregivers become licensed or approved foster caregivers is beneficial to both the child and the kin providing foster care. Previously, federal regulations made it harder for family members like grandparents, aunts, and uncles to become caregivers when a child in their family entered foster care as all foster family homes were required to meet the same licensing standards, regardless of whether the foster family home was a kin or non-kin placement.
“Supporting kin caregivers is critical to whole family well-being and we are excited to support Michigan as the first state to implement the rule,” said Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Rebecca Jones Gaston. “This is a profound acknowledgement of the critical role family connections play in ensuring a child’s safety, stability and emotional growth.”
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