The Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program (SCRCP) in the Center on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been designated as an Exemplary Caregiver Program by the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network.
The Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program provides services and support to relative caregivers to maintain stability and keep children in their family’s care when the parents are not able to care for them. Since the program was established in 2001, more than 9,000 children from 6,500 families have received support, and roughly 95% of these children have not entered the foster care system. The SCRCP is the oldest and largest program of its kind in Tennessee.
Operated by the nonprofit Generations United and funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living, the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network is the first national technical assistance center for supporting organizations and government agencies serving grandfamilies and kinship families.
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