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Kinship Permanency Incentive Program (KPIP) | Cuyahoga County Department Of Children And Family Services

3955 Euclid Ave., Jane Edna Hunter Bldg., Cleveland, OH 44115

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Hours
M-F: 8:30am-4:30pm.
Fees
Free.
Service area
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Provides short term, time-limited payments to eligible relative caregivers who have obtained permanent legal custody of a child. Not emergency assistance. Payments are designed to reimburse the initial costs associated with taking a relative's child/ren into the home. Those eligible can apply for $525 per child initially, and $300 per child at six month intervals, not to exceed eight total payments.
Last assured
01/12/2026
Providing organization
Cuyahoga County Department Of Children And Family Services
Provides whatever services are required to protect and care for any child whose family cannot or does not provide them that care and protection.