Also called: Kinship Care Specialist, Relative Caregiver Navigator
Helps grandparents and other relatives who are suddenly raising a child find money, legal help, and support.
A kinship navigator might help a grandmother enroll her grandkids in school, apply for benefits, find a support group, and get legal guardianship paperwork started.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in social work or human services, or lived experience as a kinship caregiver.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Social Work, Human Services.
Growing much faster than average (about 9% over 10 years). Tracks social and human service assistants; federal funding for kinship programs grew.
Low risk for 10 years. AI can find benefits and forms; helping a grandmother suddenly raising grandkids through the system stays human.
Classes: Sociology, Psychology, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1093.
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