Kinship Care
In Cuyahoga County over 12,000 grandparents are raising grandchildren. Fairhill has been engaged with Kinship Families for more than 10 years - learning Kinship Caregivers are more likely to seek programming and services for children in their care than to look for services for themselves. Kinship Families told us “a good kinship care program must offer comprehensive programming to the entire kinship family - meeting the family at areas of greatest need.”
At Fairhill we Build Success for Kinship Families by creating a continuing network of support systems and staff leadership for total family programming and services with:
- Kinship Caregiver Resources – Includes peer to peer support groups, monthly family days with adult and teen workshops, children’s activities, summer and holiday camps, adult support groups, lunch and take home resources. Quarterly CareFairs and monthly Breakfast Clubs for ongoing community connections and resources and a Kinship Kids Closet for families to share and receive clothing for rapidly growing children!
- Save the Date - Kinship Kids Camp for children 6 to 12 will be on July 20-24 and August 3-7. Registration letters will be sent out in Spring 2010.
- Teen Leadership and Entrepreneurship – Break and vacation programming with activities and internships designed to develop and strengthen teen leadership, civic engagement and entrepreneurship. Two sessions of Teen Leadership Camp 2010 scheduled for March 30 - April 2 and April 6 - April 10.
- Campaign for Kinship Village is working to create 29 residences at Fairhill for Kinship Families, older adult volunteers and campus employees.
Call today at 216.421.1350 extension 113 for details about registration.
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At Fairhill, we support and strengthen a community network of Kinship Care providers with engagement in the Kinship Care Service Provider Coalition. This Group is 20 members strong and growing. Monthly meeting dedicated to training and information sharing are supplemented by modest grants and support for grassroots Kinship Care Support groups.
To join or support Kinship Services call or email Stacey at 216.421.1350 or srokoff@fairhillcenter.org
Kinship services made possible in part by The Treumart Fund (a supporting organization of the Cleveland Foundation and The Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland). Support also provided by The Older Americans Act Caregiver Support Program Grant from the Ohio Dept. of Aging through Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging and the Fairhill Annual Fund.