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Exploring Legal Options - Tips for Grandfamilies Learning Lesson

Exploring Legal Options - Resources

KINSHIP CARE/GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN LIBRARY RESOURCES: (To check out materials, please contact Chryste Weitzel - 970-491-3904 or e-mail cweitzel@colostate.edu)

DVD/VIDEO: Grandparenting: Enriching Lives Civitas DVD C/DVD306.87 Civ (2004)-Video (VHS) V306.87 Civ Hosted by Maya Angelou, focuses on the important grandparent, parent and child relationship. Featuring real-life grandparents and based on the latest child development research. It offers practical suggestions and inspiration that will benefit the entire family.

ARTICLES: All Children Deserve a Permanent Home Generations United (2006) Without financial assistance and support, grandparents and other relatives may not be able to care for the children they love who, through no fault of their own, are in the foster care system. This publication presents new data showing the foster care system's significant reliance on relatives, and highlighting the need for federally funded subsidized guardianships as another permanency option for children for whom reunifications with parents or adoption is not viable.

Grandma's Wisdom US Department of Health and Human Services This booklet is designed to build on traditional Hispanic/Latino values, and at the same time, enrich the values Hispanic/Latino families may adopt in the United States. It provides tips that Latina mothers can use to help their daughters improve their self-esteem and lead satisfying, successful lives.

BROCHURES:

AARP - Grandcare News?AARP - Grandparenting, the Joys and Challenges (also in Spanish)
AARP - Raising Your Grandchild, Tips for Promoting Positive Behavior, Today and for the Future
AARP - Grandparent Information Center, Grandparent Visitation
AARP - Guide to Public Benefits for Grandfamilies

Legal Definitions:

Cooperative Extension's Educational Responses to Relative Caregivers' Needs and Concerns: State and Local Networks and Resource List

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/family/pdfs/grandfamilies_extension_resource.pdf

Guardianship Frequently Asked Questions

http://www.arcwa.org/guardianship.htm

Georgia, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension

Abuse and Neglect: What You Need to Know

http://www.fcs.uga.edu/ext/pubs/chfd/CHFD-E-59-01.pdf

Child Care Concerns

http://www.fcs.uga.edu/ext/pubs/chfd/CHFD-E-59-13.pdf

Helping Your Grandchild Deal With the Death of a Parent

http://www.fcs.uga.edu/ext/pubs/chfd/CHFD-E-59-04.pdf

Helping Grandchildren Stay in Contact With Parents

http://www.fcs.uga.edu/ext/pubs/chfd/CHFD-E-59-02.pdf

Legal Issues in Caring for Your Grandchildren

http://www.fcs.uga.edu/ext/pubs/chfd/CHFD-E-59-07.pdf

Moving Your Grandchild into Your Home

http://www.fcs.uga.edu/ext/pubs/chfd/CHFD-E-59-01.pdf

Missouri, University of Missouri Extension

Grandparents as Caregivers - Common Questions

http://education.missouri.edu/orgs/parentlink/

Getting Started: A Resource and Information Guide for Grandparents and Relative Caregivers Raising Children in the St. Louis Area

http://extension.missouri.edu/ecregion/grandparent/resourceguide.shtml

Questions and Answers About Methamphetamines

http://education.missouri.edu/orgs/parentlink/

When a Child's Parent is Incarcerated

http://education.missouri.edu/orgs/parentlink/

Gateway Grandparent/Kinship Network in East Central Missouri has listing of support groups, Toll Free Warm Line 1-800-552-8522 and Parent Link Warm Line 1-800-552-8522 or in Spanish at 1-888-460-0008.