·State program
Kinship Navigator DC
Kinship Navigator DC provides monthly financial assistance to District of Columbia residents caring for grandchildren, relatives' children, or other minor relatives related to and living with them.
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
- 01
Does the person receiving care live in District of Columbia?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — grandparent or other relative — count for this program?
- 03
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 04
Do you need to live with the person receiving care, and how is that verified?
- 05
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 06
Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name.
Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
- 07
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 08
Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
Who qualifies, in the source’s words
Where our record has a direct quote from the official source, here it is — otherwise, this is our best reading of the rule.
Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Living with the person receiving care
“It provides monthly financial assistance to help you care for the child related to and living with you.”
cfsa.dc.gov →Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“Are you a District resident who's raising your grandchild, great-grandchild, great-niece, or great-nephew?”
cfsa.dc.gov →State residency
“Are you a District resident who's raising your grandchild, great-grandchild, great-niece, or great-nephew?”
cfsa.dc.gov →
How to apply
- 01
Apply through the Kinship Navigator portal, which allows applying and recertifying to the Grandparents Caregiver Program (GCP) or Close Relative Caregiver Program (CRCP)