Kinship Lived Experience Lab
Kinship Lived Experience Lab
- Orientation and trainings are offered in-home, video conferencing (i.e. Zoom) or at our office
- We have bilingual staff and case managers
- Families could be eligible for financial assistance with the home licensing process (i.e. finger prints, home safety equipment, home inspections, etc.)
- We work with families that need RISK Assessments
- We have an impeccable home monitoring process
- We stay in contact with the CPS caseworker on the family’s home verification status
- We have psychologist and therapist on staff for the children and families (CANS assessments, psychological evaluation, individual therapy, family therapy, and/or couple’s therapy)
- We offer intensive case management
- We are able to have a kinship home licensed in less than 90 days in most cases
Our agencies offers families that we work with post adoption/permanency support until the child/children reach(es) adulthood
Monarch Family Services is a CARF accredited Kinship Agency.
A majority of the families that the agency assists are relative caregivers. The staff in our Kinship Program are well trained and have a plethora of experience successfully getting families through the licensing process and verified as Adopt, Foster to Adopt, or Foster to PMC-PCA homes. The services that we offer these families are:
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