KY-KINS (Kentucky Kinship, Information, Navigation, and Support) is an innovative program designed to connect relative and fictive kin caregivers with a trained, certified Peer Supporter who has “lived experience” as a kinship caregiver. In addition to their personal experiences raising kinship children, our Peer Supporters receive extensive training to better understand the issues that can affect kinship families.  Through the KY-KINS program, caregivers have the opportunity to talk with a Peer Supporter virtually each week to find support, education, and resources to care for their kinship families and encouragement in their kinship caregiving journey. The KY-KINS program is available to any kinship caregiver within the state of Kentucky and is offered without charge. Contact Sheila Rentfrow, Kinship Program Coordinator, 859-257-4785 or sheila.rentfrow@uky.edu for more information.

Do you know a kinship/ relative caregiver who may benefit from KY-KINS? Refer them here.

Are you a kinship/relative caregiver interested in peer support?  Register here.

Meet our KY-KINS Peer Supporters