Kinship Care
There are more than 35,000 grandparents and other relatives raising children in Washington State. Support services, information, and education are available in Southwest Washington for kinship caregivers. For information about respite, support groups, education and help with paying for emergent needs that some times arise when first faced with the responsibility of caring for a relative child, please contact the following agencies in your area:
For Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counties:
Children's Home Society (CHS)
309 W 12th Street
Vancouver, WA 98660
360-695-1325
www.chs-wa.org/
For Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties:
Lower Columbia Community Action Council (LCCAC)
1526 Commerce
PO Box 2129
Longview, WA 98632-8232
www.lccac.org/
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