University of Missouri Parent Link Kinship Navigator Program
Phone: 1-833-KIN-4-KID (1-833-546-4543)
Text: 585-326-4591
Email: parentlink@missouri.edu
Website: https://education.missouri.edu/navigators/
Statewide
- Ongoing problem-solving support
- Virtual and in-person informational and support opportunities
- Warm handoffs to vetted community resources
- Benefit application assistance, including help completing paperwork
- Connection to low or no-cost family mediation services
- Connection to the Missouri Child Support Program
- Distribution of essential items
- Assistance with securing basic needs and finding transportation
- Connection to mental and behavioral health resources
- Assistance with accessing developmental screenings for young children
The Central Missouri Foster Care & Adoption Kinship Navigators*
Phone: 573-298-0258
Program Contact: Diedre Jackson (Kinship Navigator Supervisor)
Email: deidrej@mofosteradopt.com
Website: https://mofosteradopt.com/kinship-navigators/
Services include:
- Navigating the child welfare, mental health, and educational systems including crisis intervention services
- Providing training and licensing assistance to relative care providers
- Connecting caregivers to food, clothing, and other tangible resources
- CMFCAA is currently providing these services to foster, adoptive and kinship families.
