::ANNOUNCEMENTS::
 

Grandma in The White House: Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Robinson, will be moving to the White House to help care for the Obama children. Check here to read more.

Reduced Injuries When Grandparents Care for Children: Research shows families that choose grandparents to care for their children experience fewer child injuries than in daycare. Check here to read more.

Legal Steps 2008: The revised version of Legal Steps is now available. Check here for a description and ordering information.

New Legal Steps Video: A Companion to the Legal Steps Manual. Check here to see introductory video clip and ordering information.

MKCA Fundraiser Event: Watch for upcoming details.

 

Minnesota Kinship Caregivers Association (MKCA), a not-for-profit organization, advocates for, supports, and provides information and resources to people raising their grandchildren or children of other kin and friends.

A true grassroots effort, MKCA began in 1994. Its origin was fueled by the daily experiences of kinship caregivers and the human service advocates working with them. Kinship caregivers and the children they raise are, in many ways, “square pegs in a system of round holes.” MKCA’s goal was, and is, to change the design of the game board in order to adequately respond to the everyday reality confronting and impeding these families.

Focusing exclusively on the issue of kinship care, MKCA is governed by a volunteer board of directors. Members include grandparents, social workers, attorneys, and others with first-hand experience with parenting children whose parents are unable or unwilling to fulfill their parental responsibilities.

Minnesota Kinship Caregivers Association
161 St. Anthony Ave. Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55103
Phone (651) 917-4640 • Fax (651) 917-4641
Copyright © 2008 MKCA
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