·State program
Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (KinGAP)
The Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (KinGAP) provides up to $2,000 for guardianship legal expenses and up to $5,000 per year in education and training vouchers to relatives and non-relatives who are raising children. Assistance continues until the child reaches age 18 or 21, as long as the guardian remains legally responsible for the child.
What you get
Information, Services, as recorded:
- up to $2,000 for expenses the guardian might need to pay for legal services connected to obtaining guardianship, and for the child, education and training vouchers, up to $5,000 per year for college or vocational training costs
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 New York?
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 the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 05
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.
- 06
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 07
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%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“related to the child by blood, marriage or adoption, and the relationship can be to any degree of affinity, or”
ocfs.ny.gov →
How to apply
- 01
The foster parent must apply for KinGAP to the local department of social services (LDSS) that has custody of the child and enter into an agreement with the LDSS.