Set up the ask

North Dakota Health and Human Services

TANF Kinship Care

What you get

Help with childcare, clothing, school and legal fees, transport, and emergencies for a foster child placed with relatives. Open now.

Who starts it: Your care team
How it’s sent: Through your care team
Your time: One conversation with your care team
Last checked: Aug 27, 2026

One thing to do: ask your care teamThey send it. You give them what they need.

North Dakota Health and Human Services takes requests from your care team, not from families. Copy this message, or say it at the next visit.

Hi [social worker’s name],

Could you send a request to North Dakota Health and Human Services for us? They offer help with childcare, clothing, school and legal fees, transport, and emergencies for a foster child placed with relatives, and it has to come from you. Their page is here: https://www.hhs.nd.gov/applyforhelp/publications

I’ll bring the TANF application and interview and the unlicensed Caregiver Home Study SFN 399 to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us.

[your name] · [phone]

Copying is the only thing this page does with your text. Nothing is saved.

Their program page ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026

What to bring to the meeting

TANF application and interview.
Unlicensed Caregiver Home Study SFN 399.
Approved criminal background checks.

After your care team sends it

Keep a copy and follow up with their staff if receipt is not confirmed.

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