How We Strive to Impact Families

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Kinship Caregivers Connect was awarded the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST) Integrating Special Populations Health Grant presented by the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in April 2024. The NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award provided Kinship Caregivers Connect with a $20,000 one-year grant to conduct a mixed-methods, longitudinal pilot study to investigate the impact of the Kinship Caregivers Connect support program on kinship caregiver and family well-being through a series of online surveys. 

It is implemented in partnership with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital CHECK Center for assistance with research and data analysis, and the Ohio Family Care Association as a fiscal agent. Kinship caregivers who have been members of KCC were also hired as research partners to provide input throughout the process and assist with qualitative data analysis and dissemination.