Welcome to the official site of The Florida Kinship Center, located at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL.
As one of the nation's leading kinship centers, we are inspired to empower, serve and advocate for all kinship families. We engage the community to empower the lives of kinship caregivers and their families in the state of Florida through innovative services, education, advocacy, policy practice and research.
To learn more about Kinship Care in the United States, we encourage you to take a look at the link below.
We Can't Do It Without Your Help.
We greatly appreciate our funders and donors. Because we are a non-profit center solely dependent on grants and donations, we are in need of continued funding and support. If you would like to make a contribution to the center, please click on the button below.
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Florida Kinship Center
USF School of Social Work
4202 East Fowler Avenue, MGY 132
Tampa, FL 33620
Kinship Care Warmline
In Tampa Bay: 813-974-1328
Elsewhere in Florida: 1-800-640-6444
Fax: 813-974-4675
Email: kinfo@flkin.org
Recent News
- FKC and The Full Service Centers
The Florida Kinship Center has partnered with The Full Service Centers in Hillsborough County to expand its services.
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- FKC and DCF
The Florida Kinship Center is now an assisted service site for DCF ACCESS. Find out more about how this partnership can assist you.
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- Grand Rallly Video
Short video from the Grand Rally in Washington, DC
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- Board Member Makes Connection to Get Caregivers Free Tickets
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Local caregivers go to USF vs. FAMU game due to generous gift from USF Athletics.
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- Florida Kinship Center on WTBN
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Dr. Anne Strozier, Director of the Florida Kinship Center, and Ms. Josephine Hardy, a kinship caregiver, were recently featured on the TRIO radio show.
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- VOTE for the FLORIDA KINSHIP CENTER
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- Precision Kia of Wesley Chapel is giving away thousands of dollars and we have accepted an invitation for a chance to win $1,000 for kinship care!!!Each month Precision Kia selects five local charities to see who can get the MOST VOTES.Will you help us be the $1000 WINNER in September?Read More
- US: Kinship Caregivers Receive Less Support Than Foster Parents Despite Lower Socioeconomic Status
US News & World Report February 7, 2011
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Children placed with a relative after being removed from their home for maltreatment have fewer behavioral and social skills problems than children in foster care, but may have a higher risk for substance use and pregnancy as teenagers, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. These relatives—known as kinship caregivers—appear more likely to be single, unemployed, older, and live in poorer households, yet receive fewer support services than do foster caregivers. Kinship caregivers were four times more likely than foster caregivers not to have graduated from high school and three times more likely to have an annual household income of less than $20,000. But kinship caregivers were less than half as likely as foster caregivers to receive any type of financial support, about four times less likely to receive any form of parent training and seven times less likely to have peer support groups or respite care. (Christina Sakai, MD; Hua Lin, PhD; Glenn Flores, MD (2011). Health Outcomes and Family Services in Kinship Care: Analysis of a National Sample of Children in the Child Welfare System. Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine. 65(2):159-165).