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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

View the Kinship Care Resource Guide: A guide to help grandparents and other relatives raising children. Download the kinship care guide and other helpful resources from the Department of Family Services' publications page.

Web-Based Information

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

www.aarp.org/grandparents

Grandparent Information Center 1-800-424-3410

Generations United: Information on Kinship Care

http://ipath.gu.org/Kinsh6261201.asp

Information on kinship care and data on grandparent caregivers.

U.S. Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov

For data on grandparents & grandchildren: www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/grandparents.html

Virginia Department for the Aging

www.vda.virginia.gov

Virginia grandparent census data by county can be accessed through the demographic profiles page under "Statistics for Aging Virginians."

Article on Virginia Cooperative Extension web site

http://www.ext.vt.edu

Type in "grandparents" at the search box to read the article: "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Rights and Responsibilities."

Printed Information

A Resource Guide for Grandparents Caring For Grandchildren

67-page booklet developed by the Virginia Department for the Aging, 1610 Forest Ave., Suite 100, Richmond, VA 23229
Phone: 804-662-9333 or 1-800-552-3402.
Read it at www.vda.virginia.gov/pdfdocs/Grandparents.pdf

"Grandparents Raising Grandchildren"

By Denise Cramer, Associate State Director for AARP in Virginia

Published in the Summer 2001 newsletter of Prevent Child Abuse Virginia 4901 Fitzhugh Ave., Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23230
Phone: (804) 359-6166, (804) 359-5065, or 1-800-CHILDREN

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