The ProtectOHIO Kinship Supports intervention is a method designed to promote kinship placement as best practice, increasing attention to and support for kinship placements, caregivers, and families. Its purpose is to ensure that kinship caregivers have the support they need to meet the child’s physical, emotional, financial, and basic needs.
This brief from 2016 shares the findings of HSRI’s evaluation of Kinship Supports in 16 Ohio Public Children Services Agencies as part of an evaluation of Ohio’s Title IV-E waiver demonstration. The research team compared outcomes for children whose families received intervention services to similar children in PCSAs not implementing the intervention in comparison counties, and found promising results.