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GrandFact Sheets for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children

Release Date: September 29, 2011
File Format: pdf

Kinship care state fact sheet for grandparents and other relatives raising children. Provides information on state-specific data, public policies, and local resources and programs for kinship families.

AlabamaIndianaNebraskaSouth Carolina
AlaskaIowaNevadaSouth Dakota
ArizonaKansasNew HampshireTennessee
ArkansasKentuckyNew JerseyTexas
CaliforniaLouisianaNew MexicoUtah
ColoradoMaineNew YorkVermont
ConnecticutMarylandNorth CarolinaVirginia
DelawareMassachusettsNorth DakotaWashington
FloridaMichiganOhioWashington, DC
GeorgiaMinnesotaOklahomaWest Virginia
HawaiiMississippiOregonWisconsin
IdahoMissouriPennsylvaniaWyoming
IllinoisMontanaRhode Island 
United States

Factsheets are from 2010. All are .pdfs.

The Children's Defense Fund, AARP, Casey Family Programs, National Center for Resource Family Support, The Brookdale Foundation, Child Welfare League of America, Generations United, The Urban Institute, and Johnson & Hedgpeth Consultants, partnered to compile and release these fact sheets.