Massachusetts Kinship Navigator
Phone: 1 (844) 924 – 4KIN (4546)
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.mass.gov/kinship-navigator
Serves: Statewide
The Kinship Navigator program provides help, assistance, tips, support, guidance and advice for all familial caregivers throughout the Commonwealth including:
- Kinship foster parents caring for children involved with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF)
- Kinship caregivers involved with Probate and Family court.
- Families with informal caregiver arrangements
Services:
- Assistance with navigating services such as:
- Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
- Department of Children and Families (DCF)
- Assistance with community resources such as:
- Family Resource Centers
- Massachusetts Grandparents Commission
- Support Groups
- Mental Health and Counseling
- Food & Nutrition Assistance
- Legal Services
- Childcare
- Support for kinship caregivers who have a family member struggling with substance misuse
