Get Application And Agreement Enhanced Relative Rate

The Kinship Navigator Program is designed to support and assist relative caregivers, understanding the importance of keeping children within their family unit, when their biological parent cannot adequately provide for them.

Benefits of the Level1 and GAP Programs: Connections to community resources including the Foster Parent Association. Monthly benefit of $333 per month per child upon completion of licensing requirements.

Given that many services are non-medical in nature (the service provider requires no special medical training to perform the service), friends and family members are qualified and can be hired to perform those services. It is under these rules that family members, even spouses, can be paid as caregivers.

The Enhanced Relative Rate (ERR) is to provide financial support for relatives caring for children still in DFCS custody. Relatives can receive 80% of the current foster care per diem for the basic care of a related child.

The Florida Relative Caregiver program monthly benefit for EACH child is: Age: 0-5 – $ 242.00 per child, age 6-12 $249.00 per child, age 13 + $298.00 per child Information on how to apply is in question 4 below.

4 Steps to Become a Paid Caregiver for a Family Member in Florida Department of Elder Affairs Florida. The Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA) is a one-stop-shop for all the seniors' programs. ... Determine your Medicaid eligibility. ... Contact the Veteran's Administration. ... Contact your local Area Agency on Aging.

The Kin-GAP program is a permanency option for children in long-term placement with relatives, which provides a monthly payment to the relative guardian.

Relative Caregiver Program (RCP). Monthly payments for the Relative Caregiver Program are established per s. 39.5085, F.S. Payments may be made to the relative caregiver for each eligible child placed with them to cover the cost of providing for the child's basic needs.