GRANDPARENTING
Tools
GrandCare Toolkit
A thorough listing of health, financial, and safety resources for grandfamilies or relatives raising children.
Tips for Grandparents
Looking for a fun activity or vacation destination for yourself and your grandchild? We have some great ideas!
GrandCare Support Locator
Here's a searchable treasure trove of community resources to help grandparents and other relatives raising children, and to assist grandparents with visitation issues.
Benefits QuickLINK
Find out if you or the children you’re raising are eligible for key public and private benefits.
Guide to Public Benefits
Use this quick reference to find out about cash assistance, health, nutrition, and tax-credit programs designed to help grandfamilies.
AARP Foundation Grandparenting Program
This one-stop shop has reference materials and contacts for first-time grandparents and for those raising their grandchildren.
State Visitation Laws
Having problems visiting your grandchildren? Find out what steps you can take—in or out of court.
GrandCare Newsletter
Read or download past issues of the AARP Foundation's Grandparenting Program
newsletter. Or subscribe to the newsletter, which includes tips, resources, and updates on issues concerning grandparents who raise kids.
Once known for its music scene, Seattle is attracting more grandparents, who are leaving jobs, friends, and other family members behind to spend more time with their progeny.
Books for Grandparents
UPDATED: Overstacked bookshelves at the local bookstore might make it difficult for grandparents to find the perfect book for their grandchildren.
Singer Rallies for Grandfamilies
Rising country music star Kellie Pickler rallied with other grandfamilies at the third National GrandRally on Capitol Hill. Pickler, who was raised by her grandparents, wants to bring attention to the issues grandfamilies face today.
From the Online Community
Group: GrandRally on Capitol Hill
Talk to others about the GrandRally in Washington on May 7.
Join Group
Photo: The Grand Boys
Share your photos of the grandkids, as this user, pamandtom, did.
See Photos
Grandparents Parenting
Studies show that more grandparents are parenting their grandchildren then ever before. AARP Radio spoke to one Wisconsin grandmother raising her grandson after the death of her daughter.
Raising Kids of Fallen Soldiers
Barbie and Matt Heavrin are raising their grandson without the benefit of the $100,000 "death gratuity" the government gives to next-of-kin—defined as spouse or child—to offset the financial burden when a service member is killed.
Retirees Home-School Grandkids
Trading in shuffleboard for blackboards, more and more grandparents home-school their grandchildren.
Helping Grandchildren With College
Runaway higher-education prices are nudging many grandparents into exploring how they might chip away at the costs. AARP gives a few pointers on helping your grandchildren pay for college.
