Welcome to Grandparenting Today!

Today's grandparent has many roles with their grandchildren. Some grandparents provide care on a regular basis when the child's parents aren't available; others are great playmates with their grandchildren or what many may think of as a traditional grandparent. An emerging role that some grandparents find themselves in is raising their grandchildren and that is the focus of the GRANDPARENTING TODAY web site.

• Wisconsin Resources
  This section features a county-by-county listing of agencies and organizations who form the  Wisconsin Support Network for grandparents raising grandchildren. It also includes State Resources such as the Wisconsin AARP Legal Guide; County Resources; Newsletters with helpful suggestions; Educational Resources for caregivers as well as professionals; Fiscal Resources that grandparents may qualify for to help them ease their financial strain and Other Resources including demographic data on Wisconsin families.
• National Resources
  This section features Caregiver Resources for relative caregivers, including Through the Eyes of a Child, focusing specifically on younger children; Teaching Resources for service providers and educators and National Web Sites of potential interest to relative caregivers.
• Publications
  This section features articles and fact sheets on a variety of topics of interest to professionals as well as grandparents and other relatives raising children. The articles are organized in topic areas. and compiled from numerous sources.