Kinship Legislative Task Force
The Kinship Legislative Task Force include members of social service agencies who meet periodically to discuss and educate the community about bills and polices affecting kinship families in Michigan. The Legislative Task Force has been instrumental in the first drafting of the Subsidized Guardianship bill (SB-170- http://www.legislature.mi.gov/). This bill would provide kinship families with guardianship of the children in their care with a monthly stipend. To join the task force, please contact the center.
| Joseph Kozakiewicz | Chance at Childhood Law and Social Work Clinic, Michigan State University, East Lansing |
| Kimberly Steed | Chance at Childhood Law and Social Work Clinic, Michigan State University, East Lansing |
| Delanie Pope | Chance at Childhood Law and Social Work Clinic, Michigan State University, East Lansing |
| Anglique Day | Michigan's Children, Lansing |
| Michele Corey | Michigan's Children, Lansing |
| Martha Kaiser | Attorney |
| Bill Long | Attorney |
| Krys O'Brien | Clinton County Juvenile Court |
| Joyce Stout | Second Time Around, Kalamazoo |
| Jill Olsen | Calhoun County Juvenile Court |
| Virginia Boyce | Grandparents as Parents Program (GAP), Ann Arbor |
| Josh Hartmen | Grandparents as Parents Program (GAP), Ann Arbor |
| Melodi Valvano | Kinship Support Services, Saginaw |
| Jane Sanderson | Hillsdale Senior County Center |
| Crystal White | Project Guide, Detroit |
