AARP GRANDFAMILIES GUIDE FOR GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN
GrandFamilies Guide available online.
Across the USA.
Program Description
"Across the United States, almost 7.8 million children are living in homes where grandparents or other relatives are the householders, with more than 5.8 million children living in grandparents' homes and nearly 2 million children living in other relatives' homes. These families are often called grandfamilies."
--aarp.org
The AARP GrandFamilies Guide for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren helps grandparents find support and resources on the following topics:
-What documents are required to start kinship care along with helpful phone numbers.
-How to get others to help out in caring for a grandchild such as: simply asking for help, having a family and friend meeting of close and extended family members, dividing up tasks and delegating responsibilities.
-How to access child support services for grandparents such as: schools, children's services, children and families or child welfare office, faith-based organizations, community centers, YMCA and YWCA, boys and girls clubs, girl scouts, boy scouts, mentoring programs, big brothers and big sisters, and colleges and universities.
-How to understand Legal issues between grandparent and grandchild such as: child custody, guardianship, adoption, and foster care.
-How to get child support, government assistance, financial help and help with a child's education for grandparents raising grandchildren.
-Child care such as: in-home care, headstart programs, pre-school, family daycare.
-How to find a flexible job so that a grandparent can care for their grandchild.
-How to deal with parental visitation from parents with drug or alcohol addictions, or who are in prison.
For more information and support, grandparents can visit the Grandfamilies website for a listing of GrandFacts which are fact sheets for grandparents and other relatives raising children by each State and include information on:
• Adoption
• Care and Custody
• Education
• Federal Laws
• Foster Care Licensing
• Financial Assistance
• Healthcare
• Housing
• Kinship Navigator Programs
• National Family Caregiver Support Program
• Notification of Relatives
• Subsidized Guardianship
Grandfacts have been made possible by the Brookdale Foundation and Generations United.
source: aarp.org
