A. General. The Department is seeking an Applicant to work with OCYF in the management and administration of the Kinship Navigator Program. To ensure all kinship families are supported and have the necessary resources to help care for the children they are raising, the Department developed a Kinship Navigator Program, KinConnector. This statewide Kinship Navigator Program is designed to assist all relative and kinship caregivers who are raising children, both formal kinship involved with the child welfare system and informal kinship families who are not involved with the child welfare system. Under this program kinship caregivers are referred to services they need to safely maintain children in their home which is expected to reduce the need for those children to enter foster care. B. Specific. The selected Applicant shall promote the Kinship Navigator Program that assists kinship caregivers in learning about, locating and obtaining services and supports to meet the needs of the children in their care as well as their own needs, and to promote effective partnerships among public and private agenciesto ensure that kinship caregivers are served through the following tasks: 1. KNAC 2. Kinship Support Center which consists of Kinship Navigators, Kinship Navigator Helpline, Kinship Navigator Website, and Direct Client Supports. 3. Outreach Campaign 4. National Kinship Care Month Activities 5. Coordination and Collaboration with OCYF
