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Alaska

• Grandparent support in Anchorage, Alaska

Arizona

• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren -- Support groups and resource information - The University of Arizona

• Arizona Department of Economic Security -- Support Group Training Manual download from a PDF file.

• KARE The Kinship and Adoption Resource and Education Family Center located in Tucson, Arizona is an all-inclusive center for grandparents, relatives and adoptive parents caring for children under the age of 18. It is the only program of its kind in the state.

• Golden Gate Community Center a member of Arizona’s Children Association Family of Agencies

• The East Valley Resource Center - Resource for kinship families.  Support groups that meet the 1st of the month. They have parenting classes and they also provide daycare while you are there.

•  Family Connections Mesa Kinship Team - (480) 890-73616

California

• High Desert Relative Caregivers
  Victorville United Methodist Church - 15150 La Paz Drive, Victorville , Ca. 92395
  Meetings 1st and 3rd Friday of every month at 7:00p.m. Contact Kathy Brown - bkb1118@verizon.net (760) 245-7902

• Grandparents Resource Center in Denver Colorado

Colorado

• Kinship Connection for Kids - Montrose - Midwestern Colorado Mental Health Center has a support group for grandparents and other relatives who care for children For more info call. 970-252-3235.

• Larimer County, Colorado  Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group

Delaware

• Wilmington Senior Center -- Grandparent Resource Center

• GrandParents United DE, Inc. - Local advocacy and support group serving grandparents throughout Delaware

Florida

• Florida Grandparents Raising Grandchildren -- A site dedicated to grandparents and other relative caregivers in Florida raising their grandchildren, nieces, or nephews either by court order or voluntarily.

• Florida Kinship Center at USF School of Social Work

• Grandparent Caregiver Program  -- with the Area Agency on Aging in Pasco and Pinellas County, Florida

• Children's Bereavement Center  -- Helping Children grieve and heal in a supportive caring environment (South Florida).

• Family Resources - Kinship Care, Pinellas and Pasco County, Florida

Georgia

• College of Family and Consumer Sciences  -- University of Georgia - Informative publications in PDF file - Grandparents Raising Grandchildren series.

• National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Georgia State University

• Help for Grandparents - Gwinnett County, Georgia - Centerville Community Center - A program for grandparents raising grandchildren. Phone # 770-985-4713

Illinois

• Diamonds in the Ruff Children's Society -- Respite and Crisis Care Services - Chicago

• Illinois Department on Aging -- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program

• North Shore Senior Center Evanston/Skokie Valley Senior Services sponsors a support group for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren 847-864-3721

Kansas

• Grandparents as Caregivers Assistance Program  - Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services

Maryland

• Maryland Department of Aging -- Grandparents Resource Directory, download from a PDF file

Michigan

• Adrian, Michigan - Relatives as Parents, which meets from 5:30 to 8 p.m. every Thursday at the Piotter Center. For information, call founder Sharon Guild at  (517) 592-8742.

• Macomb County, Michigan - Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program

Minnesota

• Minnesota Kinship Caregivers Association --A website with much good information

Montana

• The Nurturing Center in Kalispell, Montana sponsors a Grandparents Raising Grandchildren support group that holds monthly meetings to provide information, resources and support.

New Jersey

• Child and Family Resources - a private, non-profit organization that creates and delivers programs and services for the community that support the development of children and strengthen families

New York

• The Grandparent Caregiver Law Center  -- Brookdale Center on Aging, Hunter College

• New York State -- Grandparent Support Groups

• NYS Kinship Navigator - The Kinship Navigator is operated by Rochester’s Catholic Family Center and is funded by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services

New Mexico

• NM Family Education Center -   Albuquerque, NM

North Carolina

• Wilson County - The Kinship Care Community Group, contact the kinship care social worker at 252- 206-4124

Ohio

• Ohio Directory of Services -- The Ohio State University Extension

• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Families the Strongest Link

Tennessee

• TennHelp - Provides contact information for agencies that provide help to relative caregivers.

Texas

• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Where to Find Help in Texas

• Grandparents Raising Grandkids: Family & Consumer Sciences

Virginia

• Civil Legal Information in Virginia

• Virginia Court Forms

• Fairfax County Support Groups

• Virginia Cooperative Extension  - Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren: Rights and Responsibilities

• FACES of Virginia a Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Parents Association

Washington

• Washington (State) Court Forms  - A helpful website with court forms and instructions on how to fill out a variety of forms, including Nonparental Child Custody forms, plus contact information for court facilitators that can assist you in understanding appropriate forms.

• Relatives as Parents Program - Kinship Navigators & Support Groups in Washington State

Wisconsin

• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren  -- Partnership of Wisconsin

Wyoming

• Wyoming Kinship Advocacy - A program of Community Action of Laramie County
  200 West 17th Street, Suite 210
  Cheyenne, WY 82001 ~ Phone: 307-635-9291
• Support group in Douglas Wyoming meets 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30 pm on Erwin St. Contact person is Cathy Spence 358-6302 or 358-3901, email cathyspence@wcfd.info

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