In Texas over 250,000 children are raised by a grandparent or relative known as kinship caregiver. Often the child is placed with a relative because of a life changing event. Grandparents, uncles, aunts, brothers or sisters, even close friends provide a safe loving environment for the child. Thriving Kinship Inc. is a 501 c3 nonprofit based in Dallas, Texas that assist kinship families not merely to survive, but to thrive.