4. Kinship Service/Customary Care Arrangement

In this Section:

  1. “kinship care” means an arrangement where a member of the household is a relative of a child who has been separated from their parents and; the relative household member of the child is obligated to provide full-time care, nulturing and protection of the child and; the child is being cared for by the child’s relative who is a member of the household.

  2. “customary care” means an arrangement where a member of the household may or may not be a relative of a child who has been separated from their parents and; the household member is obligated to provide full-time care, nurturing and protection of the child and; the child is being cared for by the chiid’s relative Who is a member of the household.

For the purposes of the Windsor/Essex occupancy standards, a child that has joined a household under a kinship care or a customary care arrangement is a member of the household provided that the Children’s Aid Society confirms the Society is involved in a