Kinship Care Licensure

The term "kinship care" refers to the full-time care of a child by relatives or suitable others (unrelated kin). In State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023, over 50% of children experiencing out-of-home care were placed with kin. DCYF strongly encourages kinship caregivers to be licensed and can provide additional support to licensed caregivers, including foster care reimbursement. Over the past few years, the percentage of licensed kinship caregivers has more than doubled.

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Number and Percent Kinship Care Providers Licensed, Last Day of State Fiscal Year, 2013-2023

 

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Number and Percent Kinship Care Providers Licensed, Last Day of State Fiscal Year, 2013-2023

Source: Source: DCYF. (October 2023). Relative versus non-relative [July 2012-June 2023]. infoFamlink.
Notes: Point-in-time data taken last day of State Fiscal Year. This chart has been corrected, as the previously posted chart erroneously reported number/percent of children placed in licensed vs. unlicensed Kinship Care, rather than number/percent of Kinship Care providers.