You step in to care for your kin. We step in to support you.
You love your family, friends, and community and want to care for them through difficult times. Working with the child welfare system can be confusing, and you may not have the resources your family needs. Through every joy and challenge along the journey, Amara is here to support you so you can support your kin.
Amara was one of the first foster child placement nonprofits to offer services directly to kinship families, thanks to a pilot program we helped build with the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families and the University of Washington. We also helped inform the creation of Washington state’s child-specific foster care license, a streamlined license for kinship caregivers caring for a specific child or children. Once licensed, kinship caregivers are eligible for a monthly stipend to help cover the costs of raising a child(ren) in kinship care, just like foster caregivers get.
