Grandparents/Kinship Parenting

21st Century Scholars - Income-eligible 6th-8th graders who enroll in the program and fulfill a pledge of good citizenship to the state are guaranteed the cost of four years of college tuition at any participating public college or university in Indiana. If the student attends a private institution, the state will award an amount comparable to that of a public institution. If the student attends a participating proprietary school, the state will award a tuition scholarship equal to that of Ivy Tech State College.

AARP - Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - The AARP Grandparent Information Center (GIC) provides information about services and programs that can help improve the lives of grandparent-headed households.

American Bar Association - The American Bar Association Web site includes a "General Public Resources" section that offers help in locating an attorney under "Find a Lawyer".

Brookdale Foundation on Aging - The Samuel Sadin Institute on Law of the Brookdale Center On Aging of Hunter College has a Grandparent Caregiver Law Center (the "Center"). The Center was created to address the financial and legal issues faced by grandparents who are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren

Child Welfare League of America - The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the oldest and largest national nonprofit organization devoted to promoting policies and programs focusing on protecting and strengthening vulnerable children and families.

Children's Defense Fund - The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

Family Onwards - A help site for parents and grandparents.

Foundation For Grandparenting - The purpose of the foundation is to explore the social, psychological and physiological benefits of intergenerational relationships, and especially the grandparent-grandchild bond.

Games Kids Play - Looking for kid's games? How about rules for playground games, verses for jump-rope rhymes, and much more??? You have come to right place!

GAP Limited - Indiana Web Page - GAP is a non-profit organization that assists grandparents and other relative caregivers who are raising grandchildren, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews or other children who are not their own by birth.

Generations United - Generations United (GU) is the only national organization that focuses solely on promoting intergenerational strategies, programs, and policies.

GRAND Magazine - Grand Magazine celebrates today's grandparents.

Grand Parent Again - Grand Parent Again is a Web site that offers information about education, legal support, support groups, and other organizations for grandparents raising grandchildren.

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.

Grandparent Issues - Articles and downloads of booklets concerning kinship parenting.

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

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Implications for Professionals and Agencies Satellite Program Web Site - The web site was developed to support the 1999 national satellite program, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Implications for Professionals and Agencies. The web site provides participant materials used during the program, including a resource guide and much more.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Legal and Policy Issues Satellite Program Web Site - This web site was developed to support the 2001 national satellite program. The web site provides participant materials used during the program.

Grandparents United for Children's Rights, Inc. - This is an information and referral nonprofit organization that focuses on grandparents' rights, needs, and advocacy.

Grands Place - Chat room, links and other resources for grandparents and families with children.

I Am Your Child - Lots of good information about raising children and a free newsletter.

Indiana Judicial System - Family Court Project - A pilot project is being done in several counties in the state of Indiana.

Legal Services Corporation - This is a private, nonprofit corporation established by Congress in 1974 to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans. It is headed by a bipartisan board of directors appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

Mister Rogers - Parenting resources for families with children.

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse - The clearing house is a resource for information on all aspects of adoption for professionals, adoptees, birth relatives, and parents.

National Alliance on Caregiving - Connects families with information on caregiver resources and local services.

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies - NACCRRA is the national network of community-based child care resource and referral agencies. It is a common ground where families, child care providers, and communities can share information about quality child care.

National Child Care Information Center NCCIC - The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a project of the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a national resource that links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services.

National Committee of Grandparents for Childrens Rights - This is an advocacy group that keeps up on legislation which benefit children being raised by kinship parents.

National Council on Aging BenefitsCheckUp - A free service to help older Americans and their families identify state and federal assistance programs. The service is confidential, and takes only a few minutes to complete.

North American Council on Adoptable Children - The Web site provides a number of fact sheets on adoption subsidies and also provides state-specific profiles that include the definition of special needs, the amount of assistance, and answers to a range of subsidy questions, regarding, for example, Medicaid services, respite care, and modification of adoption assistance agreements.

Parenting Press - Free monthly newsletter and books for children and those who care for them.

Parenting Toolbox - Articles and newsletters for Grandparents raising grandchildren.

Purdue Extension Consumer and Family Education - Consumer and Family Sciences Extension provides informal educational programs that increase knowledge, influence attitudes, teach skills, and inspire aspirations. Through the adoption and application of these practices, the quality of individual, family, and community life is improved.

The Grandparent Foundation - The Foundation For Grandparenting is a not-for-profit, 501 (c)3, tax-exempt corporation dedicated to raising grandparent consciousness to better the lives of grandchildren, parents and grandparents.

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