Oct 14, 2024  
Graduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

Graduate Certificate Program in Kinship Care Families (KCFC)


Advisors: Karen Blaisure, Andrea Smith (TLES)
Room 3305 Kohrman Hall

This graduate certificate program provides a strong framework for working with kinship care families, which involve the care of children by family members other than the child’s biological parent(s). This care is often provided by grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings or other family members due to a variety of circumstances. The program prepares human services professionals with the understanding and skills to work effectively with these families. The program emphasizes the strengths and challenges of kinship care families, intersections between these families and educational and human care systems, economic realities, and developing effective programming.

Admission Requirements

In addition to meeting the requirements of the Graduate College, all applicants must possess a baccalaureate degree, provide a statement outlining their background, human service experiences with families, interest in kinship care families, and career goals (1-2 pages). Admission decisions will be made by the department’s faculty, following a review of the applicant’s admission materials.

Program Requirements


Students will complete a planned program of study consisting of nine hours of coursework with an overall grade point average of 3.0 or better, with no course grade below a “C”. The courses include: