A mobile companion that helps Washington, DC residents caring for minor children apply for — and recertify — the financial assistance their family qualifies for, turning detailed government programs into a clear, guided experience.
Across Washington, DC, grandparents and close relatives are raising children who can't remain with their parents. The District offers real financial support — the Grandparents Caregiver Program (GCP), the Close Relative Caregiver Program (CRCP) and Emergency Financial Assistance — but the applications are detailed and easy to stall on.
Kinship Navigator DC puts those programs in a caregiver's pocket: a calm, trustworthy app to securely sign in, choose a program, and move through the application one step at a time — then come back each year to recertify.
I set the technical direction for Kinship Navigator and built out its core feature set on .NET MAUI — architecting for a clean, extensible foundation while keeping the experience gentle and dependable for people under real stress.
Kinship Navigator breaks an overwhelming process into a journey anyone can follow.
Start a caregiver subsidy or emergency financial assistance request.
Register or sign in to protect personal and family information.
Move through the application one clear step at a time, saving as you go.
Submit the application and return each year to recertify with ease.
Apply for the Grandparents Caregiver Program (GCP) and Close Relative Caregiver Program (CRCP) — subsidies for relatives raising children.
Request support for food, clothing, housing, utilities, furniture, pest control, household items or transportation.
Long forms broken into clear steps — Contact, Address and more — with Save & Continue, so nothing is lost along the way.
Submit new applications and recertify existing benefits each year, all from one secure account.
Every screen is built for low stress and high clarity — generous type, calm color, plain language and accessible touch targets — so the app feels like a steady hand, not another hurdle.
A warm, accessible .NET MAUI experience across iOS and Android. Click any screen to enlarge.
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Sign inOne .NET MAUI codebase across iOS and Android, with secure Azure AD B2C sign-in and REST services — a clean architecture that keeps the app dependable today and ready for the programs and features to come.