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If you are a grandparent raising your grandkids, there is help available
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoDEAR SAVVY SENIOR: Are there any programs that you can refer me to that financially help...
‘We don’t have resources left.’ Grandparents are giving up retirement to raise their grandchildren.
MarketWatch via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoMercedes Bristol with four of her five grandchildren. - Courtesy: Mercedes Bristol. Mercedes Bristol...
Grandparent caregivers need more community and financial support to raise children
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn 2022, Tennessee passed legislation providing a subsidy for caregivers who are related to the...
States shift toward kin-first foster care
Arkansas Advocate via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoWhen Victoria Gray and her husband took in their grandchild in 1993, there wasn’t a catchall term to explain the difficult task ahead. They just did the...
Christmas Appeal: Grandparents raising grandkids, great nephew need holiday help
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSINTON — Walk into Jane and Joe’s home and it is easy to see and hear there are children. There are...
Parenting the second time around
Alamogordo Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt has been said that grandparents are a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend. For many grandparents, the role of parent...
Strain on 'grandfamilies': Grandparents raising grandkids face high levels of food insecurity
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThese were supposed to be the relaxing years for Mercedes Bristol, a 68-year-old grandmother in San...
Pashinski: Grandparents raising grandchildren deserve more help
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSep. 27—WILKES-BARRE — Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski on Tuesday said many grandparents are in a very challenging situation physically, mentally and financially — the situation when they are caring ...
Expanding Social Security Child Credits Would Help Ease Retirement Burden for Nearly 2 Million...
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoFor most Americans, becoming a grandparent means carving out spare time to spend with their...
Michigan is first state to ease kinship care rules, but most caregivers won't benefit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoWhen Lisa Grodsky turned on the news during her lunch break and heard an announcer say kinship...
