Kinship Care & Grandparent Caregiver Benefit Watch

Track support for relatives raising children in the United States. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: kinship navigator, kinship guardianship assistance and kinship foster program openings, payment changes and eligibility changes by state; TANF child-only and relative caregiver grant rule changes; educational and medical consent affidavit law changes for caregivers without custody; kinship licensing standard and payment parity changes; Social Security survivor and dependent benefit rules for grandchildren; IRS guidance on claiming a grandchild or relative child; guardianship, custody and power of attorney process and fee changes by state; respite, support group and legal aid program openings; HUD and senior housing rule changes for grandfamilies; and federal Title IV-E kinship rule and funding changes. Prefer state child welfare and human services agencies, HHS, SSA, the IRS, state legislatures, Generations United and established family reporting; ignore unverified posts, and never give individual legal or benefit advice. Put the state or program first in the title with the amount or deadline. Use high severity for a payment program opening to unlicensed relatives, a consent law taking effect, or a benefit change affecting most kinship families in a state. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who qualifies, how to apply, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.