University of Missouri Parent Link – MO Kin-4-Kid Kinship Navigator Program
Phone: 1-833-KIN-4-KID (1-833-546-4543)
Text: 833-546-4543
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.mokin4kid.org/about-us
Program Flyer: Resources.pdf
Coverage is Statewide. Serves informal & formal kinship caregiver
Services:
- Ongoing problem-solving support
- Virtual and in-person informational and support opportunities
- Warm handoffs to vetted community resources
- Benefit application assistance, including help completing paperwork
- Connection to low or no-cost family mediation services
- Connection to the Missouri Child Support Program
- Distribution of essential items
- Assistance with securing basic needs and finding transportation
- Connection to mental and behavioral health resources
- Assistance with accessing developmental screenings for young children
The Central Missouri Foster Care & Adoption Kinship Navigators*
Phone: 573-298-0258
Program Contact: Diedre Jackson (Kinship Navigator Supervisor)
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://mofosteradopt.com/kinship-navigators/
Serves 24 counties in Central Missouri: Map of Counties Served
Serve both formal and informal caregivers.
Services include:
- Navigating the child welfare, mental health, and educational systems including crisis intervention services
- Providing training and licensing assistance to relative care providers
- Connecting caregivers to food, clothing, and other tangible resources
- CMFCAA is currently providing these services to foster, adoptive and kinship families.
