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.

Articles of Interest from the eXtension Web site
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Doubly Stressed, Triply Blessed
How Do Our Laws Work?
Kinship Care in Pennsylvania: Support for Families with Grandparents and Other Kin Raising Children
Strengthening Grandfamilies Through Respite Care
Through the Eyes of a Child: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
University of Wisconsin-Extension's Grandparenting Today

Database of Resources in Pennsylvania:

In recent years, there has been a a dramatic increase in the number of families with grandparents raising grandchildren. This trend is very clearly seen throughout Pennsylvania as well as across the nation, where it is estimated that one in ten grandparents have been the primary support of a grandchild at sometime in their lives. Many factors contribute to this trend,including increasing prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse, teenage pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, incarceration, and divorce.

To support grandparents raising grandchildren families and help them navigate through the unique set of emotional, legal and daily living challenges they face, many organizations and groups have emerged. Pennsylvania Cooperative Extension, AARP's Pennsylvania state office, and the Pennsylvania Department of Aging collaborated to create this database which includes information on over 100 groups and organizations across the Commonwealth that provide services for the benefit of grandparents who care for grandchildren.

This database will be updated periodically, particularly as more services are identified which address the growing needs in this area. To update or add listings, please make your suggestions directly on the website.

• Database
• New Survey Entry

Original survey conducted by:

AARP, Pennsylvania State Office
Ray Landis, Legislative Representative

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