Kinship Care In Vermont¶
Kinship Care In Vermont provides monthly cash assistance to relatives and friends caring for children, with support for kinship caregivers to become licensed foster families or conditional custodians.
Eligibility¶
- Care recipient age: under 18
- Relationship: parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, non relative
Questions to ask the program¶
These are questions to ask the program, not a verdict on your eligibility. Confirm the current rules directly with the program.
- Does the person receiving care live in Vermont? — Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- Does your relationship to the person — parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
- Is the person receiving care in the covered age range (up to 18)?
- Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name. — Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
- What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
What this record does not yet say¶
- a direct application link
- eligibility criteria
How to apply¶
- Reach Up Child Only: apply electronically by downloading the fillable application, completing and signing it, and uploading it with supporting documents, or by paper by calling 1-800-479-6151 to request the application, completing it, and mailing or dropping it off at a district office