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DEAR TONYA: Money is a common problem for the nearly 2.4 million U.S. grandparents who are raising their grandchildren today. To help with the day-to-day expenses, there are a wide variety of ...
The study found that while grandparents raising grandchildren are often under financial stress, they get very little support without legal custody under rules adopted by the Social Security ...
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, a state program administered and funded by the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department and the Non-Metro Area Agency on Aging, was launched in ...
Out of this came The Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Advisory Council which will identify, promote, coordinate, and disseminate to the public information, resources, and the best practices available to help grandparents and other older relatives both meet the needs of the children in their care and maintain their own physical and ...
According to a 2003 U.S. Census Bureau report, 2.4 million grandparents had primary responsibility for their coresident grandchildren younger than 18. [3] Among grandparent caregivers, 39 percent had cared for their grandchildren for 5 or more years. [4] 594,000 grandparents nationally are raising children below the federal poverty level. [5]
Susan J. Kelley is the former Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Georgia State University.She is also currently a professor of Nursing and the Director of the National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, and founder and director of Project Healthy Grandparents, at Georgia State University.
Jul. 5—FLOYD COUNTY — "I got you." It's a sentiment that's more than just words between three grandmothers who met through a program that supports grandparents raising grandchildren in Floyd ...
Since taking care of grandchildren could be a highly demanding job that requires constant energy and time devotion, [29] grandparental involvement in child raising could have a negative impact on grandparents' physical and emotional health. For example, taking care of grandchildren can reduce grandparents' own time for self-care such as missing ...