Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Grandchildren

Grandparents Raising Children - Check numbers in your County

You will have to enter your county and state to retrieve the information. The screen will come up with 2005-2007 American Community Survey three-year estimate. Click on 2005-2007, and you will find the information. You can check 2000 to see how the numbers have either increased or decreased.

AARP Offers Database of Support for Kin Caregivers

A new online database can help grandparents and other relatives raising kin children to find support and services. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Foundation has launched the Grandcare Support Locator, which allows kinship caregivers to search for specific types of groups and services within their State or jurisdiction. Using the online search form, users can search within their zip code to find services (e.g., child care, health care, respite care, newsletters) or support groups (in-person, telephone support, or online). Users can limit the search to Spanish- or English-language results, and they can restrict the search to items relevant to grandparents raising grandchildren or to grandparents experiencing visitation issues. Find the free searchable database on the AARP website.

Resource Links for Grandfamlies:

• Articles of Interest from the eXtension Website
• CANGRANDS - A not-for-profit organization devoted to providing support for Kin caregiver families across Canada
• Conducting a Kinship Family Retreat
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Doubly Stressed, Triply Blessed
• How Do Our Laws Work?
• Kinship Care Legal Research Center - American Bar Association
• National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• Operation Grandparents - Pennsylvania support groups for grandparents who have direct care of their grandchildren. Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Scranton, Tunkhannock, and Susquehanna County, PA
• Pennsylvania State Fact Sheet for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children
• Proud Grandparents - Advise on being a grandparent (this website has a section about grandparents raising grandchildren)
• Search for a Grandparent Support Group in Your Area - Provided by AARP
• Strengthening Grandfamilies Through Respite Care
• Through the Eyes of a Child: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• University of Wisconsin-Extension's Grandparenting Today

Books:

• Because…Somebody Loves Me - by Dottie Ward-Wimmer and Bruce Hershfield
• Into the Great Forest: A Story for Children Away from Parents for the First Time - by Irene Wineman Marcus
• Zachary’s New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children - by Geraldine M. Blomquist
• The Kissing Hand - by Audrey Penn

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