The High Country Caregivers Kinship Navigation program was established in 2019 to provide comprehensive and whole-family care to empower and strengthen kinship caregivers.
High Country Caregivers recently received a $70,000 grant from the Dogwood Health Trust which will aid in the hiring of social workers to support the Kinship Navigation program in Avery, Mitchell and Yancey counties.
High Country Caregivers executive director Jacob Willis said the program supports caregivers who have taken on the responsibility of caring for their relatives’ children.
Currently HCC, through the Kinship Navigation program, is providing support to 313 children and 254 caregivers in the Tri-County area. These services are provided by a professional kinship navigator with a social worker degree.
Willis said the number served has doubled in recent years and the grant will provide additional social workers.
For more information visit Highcountrycaregivers.org.
