About Us
Kinship care is the full-time care and nurturing of a child by a relative. According to the Year 2000 Census, relatives are raising over 345,000 children in Florida, nearly 10% of the state's child population. Some of the challenges that kinship caregivers face include financial and legal assistance, respite, mental health services and affordable housing. Additionally, many caregivers face difficulties in enrolling their grandchildren in school or obtaining medical services due to informal arrangements with the biological parents.
To respond to the needs of and issues facing these families, the Florida Kinship Center was established in 1998. The Center's mission is to serve kinship care families living in Florida, engage the resources of the Center in partnerships that respond to kinship care needs and issues and conduct research that advances knowledge and understanding of kinship care. Through innovative programs, services and partnerships, the Florida Kinship Center helps support kinship caregivers, children, and the entire kinship family by connecting them with, and educating them in, the various services available.
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The Center
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
Our Staff
Director
Dr. Anne Strozier PhD, MSW
813-974-1379
strozier@usf.edu
Staff
Airin Giltner, BSW
Program Coordinator/Kin Educator
Kin as Teachers
813-974-8603/ 800-900-0406
agiltner@usf.edu
JoAnn Deleanides, BSW
Kin Educator
Kin as Teachers
813-900-1532
Sybil Goings
Kinship Services & Legal Hotline Assistant
813-974-9843
sgoings@usf.edu
Xonjenese A. Jacobs, BSW
Kinship Navigator
813-974-7823
xjacobs@usf.edu
Consie Levin, L.C.S.W.
Network Coordinator
Kinship Partners
941-341-0958
consie.levin@comcast.net
LaSandra McGrew, L.C.S.W.
Kinship Care Connection Coordinator/Project Director
813-740-4675
lmcgrew@usf.edu
Sonja Baker
Warmline operator
814-974-1328
We are very appreciative to our funding agencies. Because we are a non-profit center that is solely dependent on grants and donations, we are in need of continued funding and support. If you would like to make a conribution to the center, visit the USF Foundation site.