GRANDPARENTING
Tools
GrandCare Toolkit
A thorough listing of health, financial, and safety resources for grandfamilies or relatives raising family members.
GrandRally on Capitol Hill
This May, grandparents nationwide are going to Washington to stand up for grandfamilies. Find out how you can get involved.
GIC Database
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's Grandparent Information Center (GIC)
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
Subscribe to the quarterly newsletter of AARP Foundation's Grandparenting Program. The newsletter includes tips, resources, and updates on issues concerning grandparents who raise kids.
Rising country music star Kellie Pickler rallied with other grandfamilies at the third National GrandRally on Capitol Hill on May 7. Pickler, who was raised by her grandparents, wants to bring attention to the issues grandfamilies face today.
Books for Grandparents
Overstacked bookshelves at the local bookstore might make it difficult for grandparents to find the perfect book for their grandchildren. The editors at Publisher's Weekly and AARP The Magazine whittled down the top picks of 2007.
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.
From the Online Community
Group: GrandRally on Capitol Hill
Talk to others about the GrandRally in Washington on May 7.
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Photo: The Grand Boys
Share your photos of the grandkids, as this user, pamandtom, did.
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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.
Mr. Johnson's New Family
Retiree and former Negro major leaguer Ralph Johnson went from fly fishing in Florida to raising his five grandsons. He is one of the 2.3 million American grandparents bringing up their grandchilren.
