Advances in Supporting Kinship Caregivers - Part 2 (Washington)

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This episode focuses on Washington State’s approach to providing kinship support services. The conversation describes how the State’s kinship support is operated by the State’s Aging and Long-Term Support Administration and provides some of its services through a one-time stipend to help new kinship families meet basic needs. This episode also spends time discussing providing kinship navigator services in the Yakima and Tri-Cities region of central Washington, a rural, Latinx community. Topics discussed include the following: • Differences in formal and informal kinship caregivers and the differences caseworkers may have to navigate when working with each • Cultural considerations caseworkers and others should be aware of when working with rural, Latinx communities and families • The importance of building relationships across a community, not just with kinship families • Implementation of one-time stipends for kinship families in Washington State