Relatives as Parents Initiatives
Local Initiative
The RAPP Local Initiative enables local agencies to:
- Provide accessible support groups and other supportive services to relative caregivers and the children in their care;
- Encourage cooperation and collaboration among various service delivery systems (i.e., child care, mental health, aging, family services, education, legal and health care);
- Ensure the development, expansion and future continuity of local services; and
- Create replicable models of service.
Regional Initiative
The RAPP Regional Initiative asks grantees to:
- Serve a broad geographic area and support the development of a variety of local or regional group activities.
- Assist local organizations to develop and operate services for relative caregivers and their families
- Establish a broad-based Regional Advisory Committee to bring together representatives from various fields and communities to: facilitate program goals and serve as a focal point of information on programs and policies; stimulate the development of services to caregivers and their families across the region; and link local programs and interested agencies into a regional network to address the issues and service needs of relative caregivers and their families.
State Initiative
The RAPP Statewide Initiative requires State grantees to:
- Initiate five new relative support groups in different parts of the state under the sponsorship and support of local agencies;
- Develop a statewide Network of local organizations that link current programs and interested agencies; provide guidance and information to local communities; stimulate the expansion of services to grandparent caregivers and their families; and
- Establish or expand an inter-system “Task Force” or committee of public state agencies and statewide organizations on the issue of relatives as surrogate parents.
Please visit our site in October to get an RFP for 2011.