"The Kinship Program is my second home. Over the years they've helped me raise my grandchildren and helped us to find a resource for everything we need." John, 69 years and caring for 4 grandchildren

Welcome to Edgewood's Kinship program!

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Enjoy your holidays this month.
Veterans Day, November 11th 
Thanksgiving, November 28th
Have you stepped up to take care of your grandchild or another relative's child?
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  • Children who stay with grandparents or relatives instead of going into foster care do much better in school and at home.
  • ​​After one year in our program kinship caregivers feel healthier and more socially connected.
  • Edgewood supports kinship families in many ways (resources, respite, trainings, support groups, youth activities, school supplies, education/vocation support for kinship teens and young adults).

Funded by the San Francisco Human Services Agency, Department of Aging and Adult Services, Wells Fargo, Ticket to A Dream Foundation, State Street, and other private funders.

iKinship, an online resource for kinship families, provides concrete support to assist kinship families on their way.
 
Find out the latest events and activities.
Read up on the latest news in kinship care.
Find the number to your San Francisco County Protective Services Worker.

To learn more about the Kinship Program please contact Hope Ivroy. Kinship Program Manager.
(415) 682.3276

Kinship News                                                                                      

Latest in Kinship News - ​Grandfamilies Act Introduced: On May 23, 2019, The Grandfamilies Act was introduced in the House and Senate “to provide greater support for grandfamilies and older caretaker relatives.” Our colleagues at Generations United worked closely with congressional sponsors on its development and endorses the act. The bill was introduced by Senators Bob Casey (PA) with cosponsors Sherrod Brown (OH), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Kristen Gillibrand (NY), and Maggie Hassan (NH) as well as House Representative Danny Davis (IL).
 
The legislation includes a broad range of provisions to help grandfamilies by:
• Increasing access to Social Security benefits
• Improving access to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families including addressing barriers related to child support enforcement
• Incentivizing states to create temporary guardianship laws for grandparent and other relative caregivers who need to step in quickly to care for a child
• Creating a national technical assistance center on grandfamilies
• The senate bill also provides support for housing specifically for grandfamilies
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2019 Generations United International Conference
June 12 - 19, 2019 in Portland, Oregon

Featured Workshop: Thursday, June 13 
You Are Never Alone: Building Family Strength Through Kinship Support Groups
Stephanie Hooper (Jessie F. Richardson Foundation)
Bacall Hincks (Children’s Services Society of Utah), LaShawn Williams
(Utah Valley University)
Cynthia Green (Edgewood Center for Children and Families), Lois Kincy
(Edgewood Center for Children and Families), Dyresha Williams
(Edgewood Center for Children and Families), Michelle Rosenthal (Data
with Purpose)
Moderator: Lynn Urvina (Family Education & Support Services)