Foster and Kinship
- Foster and Kinship Respite
Program Brochure
CISS has provided respite care to licensed foster parents and kinship caregivers in Ventura County since Oct. 2010.
To be eligible, the foster parent must be licensed, live in Ventura County, have a current Ventura County placement, and have a child living in the family’s home who is under age 6. Eligible kinship caregivers are relatives of a child under age 6, who have taken on legal guardianship through the Ventura County courts.
Families may self-refer to the program and can qualify for up to 12 hours/mo of respite care. CISS has a contract with the County to provide this service with limited hours available. Once the contract’s hours are expended, the service will stop for all families until the beginning of the next contract period, usually July 1.
Please call our office to request enrollment forms be emailed to you. Or you can bring each child’s placement agreement and a copy of your foster home license to our office and fill out the forms here with our assistance.
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Visit our Forms page for the family and child enrollment application.
