National Resources

AARP Foundation Benefits QuickLINK
About disability benefits, medication coverage, and other state and federal benefit programs for which children and caregivers may be eligible

AARP Grandparents Information Center
Offers resources for grandparents of all types – those living close by or long distance, grandparents raising grandchildren, step grandparents, or those with visitation issues.

AARP Tax Aide Program
Useful if a tax burden has changed after a change in status of a dependent. Local Retired and Senior Volunteer
Programs also provide free tax assistance to older adults of call the U.S. Internal Revenue Service at (800) 829-1040

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Bar Association, Kinship Care Legal Resource Center
The center is intended to serve as a toolkit for attorneys, judges, and other child-serving practitioners working with kinship families and having difficulty navigating the complex existing and emerging legal issues.

ARCH National Respite and Resource Center
The Chapel Hill training outreach project includes information on grandparents raising grandchildren.

Brookdale Foundation Group Relatives as Parents Program

Casa - National website for Children's Advocates
Site gives the local office addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses for CASA by state.

Casey Family Programs
A Seattle-based national operating foundation providing direct services and promoting advances in child-welfare practice and policy.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is an association of more than 1,100 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist over 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a wide range of services.ns

Children's Defense Fund
CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown.

Foster Parent Community
A triple 'A' site for helpful links on issues facing relatives and foster parents raising children with attachment disorders, attention deficits (ADD & ADHA), fetal alcohol syndrome and other special needs. Subjects range from adoption to Dr. Seuss.

The Foundation for Grandparenting
Dedicated to raising grandparent consciousness and grandparent identity.

Generations United
Generations United is the premier national organization that focuses solely on promoting intergenerational strategies, programs, and policies.

Grand Times
Celebrates life's opportunities and examines life's challenges. Provides information about Grandparent Visitation Rights -
know your options, choose a plan of action.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Arizona
This website is for the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Southern Arizona Coalition (GRGSoAZ), which was formed in 1999 after the National Satellite Conference on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Implications for Professionals and Agencies.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and Grief by Ron Huxley
Articles and newsletters for Grandparents raising grandchildren.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Implications for Professionals and Agencies
The national videoconference, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Implications for Professionals and Agencies was broadcast on January 12, 1999 to almost 4,000 participants at over 275 sites in 41 states and one site in Canada.  From the faxes and e-mails we have received since the program, we know that there is continuing interest.As one response, this website will be maintained for a while as a place for grandparents raising grandchildren, professionals, legislators and policymakers, graduate students and videoconference planners to share information, find answers to questions, and learn about resources.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Legal and Policy Issues
The national videoconference, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Implications for Professionals and Agencies was broadcast on February 27, 2001 to almost 3,222 participants at over 261 sites in 45 states.  This website will be maintained for a while as a place for grandparents raising grandchildren, professionals, legislators and policymakers, graduate students and videoconference planners to share information, find answers to questions, and learn about resources.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/grg/workprt.pdf

Grandparents Resource Center
Helps Families to negotiate with the system to re-connect children in foster care with their biological families.

Grandparents United for Children's Rights
Provides information and resources relating to children's rights.

Hello Grandparents
A help site for parents and grandparents.

Internal Revenue Service, US Department of the Treasury

Lawyer Referral Directory Service
American Bar Association - Ask for the telephone number of your local lawyer referral service.

National Aging Information Center (NAIC)
A centralized source for a broad range of program and policy materials, sattistical data and consumer information on aging. NAIC is housed at the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA). This site included an extensive lising of Internet web sites on a variety of aging topics.

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
 N4A's primary mission is to build the capacity of its members to help older persons and persons with disabilities live with dignity and choices in their homes and communities for as long as possible

Promising Practices in Encouraging and Supporting Grandparents and Relatives Raising Grandchildren

Social Security and SSI