Subject: Parenting, Child/Youth Welfare, Child/Youth Development, Family Support
Deadline: Jun. 12, 2019
“The Brookdale Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP) aims to develop or expand services for grandparents or other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting when the biological parents are unable to do so.
Goals of the Relatives as Parents Program:
- supportive services to relative caregivers and the children they are raising, with emphasis on relative caregiving families that are not in the formal foster care system;
- start new or expand current services in response to caregiver and family needs;
- Services and assistance to relative caregivers and the children in their care must include regular ongoing support, educational or social groups and at least two of the following:
- benefits and legal guidance
- educational seminars
- individual and/or family counseling
- health care services
- childcare
- housing assistance
- children’s services
- group recreational activities
- transportation assistance
- services to special populations
- services with local schools
- other programmatic initiatives
- mental health services
- establish collaboration with community organizations and other service systems such as family services, child care, aging, education, legal, health care, mental health and extension services;
- initiate programs that have assurance of continuity beyond the two-year grant period; and
- create replicable models of cost-effective, quality services across the region.”
Funder: The Brookdale Foundation Group
Eligibility: RAPP Local RFP: Organizations that have a 501 (c)(3) or equivalent tax exempt status. Organizations from all across the country are eligible to apply.
RAPP State RFP: State public agencies in the 31 states listed in the guidelines.
Amount: $15,000
Contact: Link.
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