Summit County Children’s Services offers a kinship care subsidy program of time-limited payments to support children in the permanent legal custody of family members.
The Kinship Permanency Incentive (KPI) Program was created to support children in kinship placements. KPI provides temporary incentive payments to children in the legal custody of family members. KPI payments are in addition to Ohio Works First cash assistance received for the child.
Eligibility requirements for Ohio’s Kinship Permanency Incentive Payments Program include:
For more information on the KPI subsidy program or to request an application, please call (330) 996-1799 option 2 or email Julie Kirven.