Getting the Child You Love the Educational Support They Need
A Network Monthly Resource: August 2023 As a grandparent, other relative, or family friend raising a child whose parents are unable to do so, your…
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Finding Program Funding
Successful fundraising includes researching who's funding what, getting others excited about your organization's mission, building relationships over time, and (yep!) following directions. In this resource, you'll find tips on how to get started.
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Navigating the Relationship with Your Adult Child
If you’re a grandparent raising a grandchild, you already have a relationship with a parent of the child–one that can be tough to navigate.
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Caring for a Child Affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
This resource is designed to provide information about how drinking alcohol during pregnancy can affect children. It also provides kin caregivers with tips for raising children who were exposed to alcohol before birth.
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Connecting with Families in Black and Indigenous Communities
Kin/grandfamily caregivers’ ideas about their roles in protecting and providing for the children in their care depend on their families’ values and cultures.
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The Grandparents’ Guide: What’s New? What’s the Same?
What's new and what's the same when it comes to caring for infants and toddlers?
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Becoming a Grandfamily: First Steps
Assuming the care of a grandchild or other young relative can feel overwhelming. Here are the first steps to think about and where to go for help.
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Making a Difference
This month, we’re spotlighting two kinship programs – one run by an aging agency in Ohio and one led by a child welfare agency in Washington – that make a difference in their communities
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Preparing Kinship/
Grandfamilies to Respond to Medicaid and CHIP Changes Approximately 15 million people may lose their Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage in the coming months, including 6.8 million people who are…
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Tips to Include Kinship/
Grandfamilies in Programmatic Decision-Making Tips for engaging individuals with lived experience in kinship/grandfamilies so that they can meaningfully contribute to programs and services intended for them.
