·State program
KinshipND
KinshipND provides North Dakota kinship caregivers with limited reimbursement-based financial assistance, support for guardianship legal fees, and allowances for child-welfare-involved cases.
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 North Dakota?
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
“Have a child who is not your own living in your home”
hhs.nd.gov →Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“kinship caregiver can be a relative, member of a tribe or clan, godparent, stepparent”
hhs.nd.gov →State residency
“Be a North Dakota resident”
hhs.nd.gov →
How to apply
- 01
Email completed application to Kinship@nd.gov (or call 701-328-1453 with questions); reach the program by contact form or email at kinship@nd.gov