Brief Estimating Financial Support for Kinship Caregivers
Julie Murray, Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, Rob Geen
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In this brief we examine levels of receipt for government payments that children in kinship care are eligible to receive. We find that children's receipt of financial assistance is still low given their eligibility. Many, if not most, families that could be eligible for the most generous payment, a foster payment, do not receive it. Children whose living situations make them ineligible for foster care payments have surprisingly low levels of receipt for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) child-only benefits, often their only source for financial assistance.
Research Areas Social safety net Children and youth Child welfare
Tags Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Economic well-being