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Support for caregivers who provide care and protection when a child cannot remain in their home

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Are You a Kinship Caregiver?

There are an estimated 10,000 children in kinship care throughout North Dakota with grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and neighbors. Are you one of them?

Let us hear from you!

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Tween boys using tablet and sharing earphones, listening to podcast, music, playing games, and using internet technology.

A teenage boy having a conversation with his grandmother.

A young mother swaddling a newborn baby.

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How to Set Boundaries

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Stage of Development

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“Kinship caregivers are absolutely vital for sustaining families and enabling children to continue to be included in their natural homes, building strong, healthy families.”

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Looking for Help?

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Your new role as caregiver is difficult. We can help coach you with information about:

How to provide a safe environment
How to offer emotional support
How to care for abused/neglected kids
How to set boundaries with the child’s parent
How to educate the child about drugs and alcohol

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