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Grandparenting
 Websites presented in alphabetical order AARP: Grandparenting 
 This site features "resources to help grandparents in various family roles, and for the professionals who work with them." Topics include raising grandchildren, family relationships, financial health, sharing time with grandchildren, and providing child care. Provides data, reports, fact sheets, articles, and legal resources. From AARP. http://www.aarp.org/family/grandparenting/ Topics: Families Last updated Sep 1, 2009 The Foundation for Grandparenting
This organization was founded in 1980 to promote the importance of grandparenting. The site contains articles for grandparents, research study abstracts, networking information, links to related sites, and more. http://www.grandparenting.org/ Topics: Families, Seniors Last updated Aug 8, 2002 A Grandparents' Guide for Family Nurturing & Safety
Tips for grandparents for safe and active participation in the lives of their grandchildren. Discusses ways to stay close to grandchildren, relationships between parents and grandparents, making a home safe for children, and related topics. Includes a safety checklist for young infants, older infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. From the Consumer Product Safety Commission. http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs//grand/704.html Topics: Families Last updated Sep 5, 2007 Kinship Care/Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Related Organizations List
Annotated links to organizations, government agencies, and training programs concerned with grandparenting and extended families raising children. From the Child Welfare Information Gateway, a program of the Administration for Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/reslist/rl_dsp.cfm?subjID=30&rate_chno=AR-0028A Topics: Families Last updated Sep 6, 2007 U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: Grandparents Day
To celebrate Grandparents Day (the first Sunday after Labor Day), the U.S. Census Bureau offers facts and statistics regarding grandparents, grandchildren, caregivers, multigenerational families, and more. The site includes a brief history of this holiday. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/013971.html Topics: Families, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Senior Health, Seniors, Statistics Last updated Aug 26, 2009 U.S. Census Bureau: Grandparents and Grandchildren
Compilation of demographic data and reports on grandparents and grandchildren, from the Current Population Survey, Decennial Census (2000 and 1990), American Community Survey, and other sources. Covers grandparent-maintained families and estimates about fertility and grandparents. From the U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/grandparents.html Topics: Families, Statistics Last updated Sep 6, 2007 USA.gov: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
This site provides unannotated links to resources for grandparents raising grandchildren, including benefits and assistance agencies, health and safety information, reports and publications, and state government pages. Includes links to government, education, and organization sites. From USA.gov (formerly FirstGov.gov), the U.S. government's official Web portal. http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Grandparents.shtml Topics: Families, Seniors Last updated Jan 15, 2007 |
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