·State program
Kinship Navigator Program
The Illinois Kinship Navigator Program provides support and resources to relative caregivers caring for children.
What you get
Information, Services, as recorded:
- TANF Child Only Grant approximately $100/month per child, not income-tested; EFSP provides limited cash assistance for specific costs but does not provide a monthly stipend
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 Illinois?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — grandparent, other relative, or non 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
“Assist caregivers when a biological parent lives with the relative caregiver and is able to care for the child themselves.”
dcfs.illinois.gov →Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“Relative caregivers often assume responsibility for children”
dcfs.illinois.gov →State residency
“Assist caregivers living outside of Illinois.”
dcfs.illinois.gov →
How to apply
- 01
Call the DCFS Hotline at 1-800-252-2873 and ask to be referred to the Extended Family Support Program