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About Grandfamilies.org

 

Grandfamilies.org is a national resource in support of grandfamilies within and outside the child welfare system.

 

Established in 2007, this interactive website seeks to share all relevant publicly available information impacting grandfamilies with a broad audience that includes caregivers, policymakers, researchers, advocates, and attorneys. The site features federal and state laws and policies, national reports and data, tools to create a kin-first culture, and resources for caregivers and professionals.

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Grandfamilies.org staff, made up of attorneys at the ABA Center on Children and the Law and Generations United, also create original content and publications for the website, and are available to provide technical assistance to help assist national, state, regional, and local child welfare agencies. Together, we have over 50 years of helping jurisdictions implement federal child welfare laws and examine their policies, practices, and laws to advance a kin-first culture.

 

See our current menu of available technical assistance. If you're interested, please contact us at grandfamilies@gu.org with information about your technical assistance request. We will respond with an estimate and information about available technical assistance providers. 

Casey Family Programs

Casey Family Programs is the nation's largest operating foundation focused entirely on foster care and improving the child welfare system. Founded in 1966, Casey Family Programs works to provide and improve ─ and ultimately prevent the need for ─ foster care in the United States. The foundation was established by United Parcel Service founder Jim Casey.

American Bar Association

The ABA is the largest voluntary professional association in the world with nearly 400,000 members. The ABA Center on Children and the Law improves children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy by focusing on child abuse and neglect, child welfare and protective services system enhancement, family preservation, adolescent health and other child protective legal issues.

Generations United

Generations United is a national membership organization focused solely on improving the lives of children, youth, and older people through intergenerational collaboration, public policies, and programs. For over twenty years, Generations United's National Center on Grandfamilies has been at the forefront of national efforts to support grandfamilies through federal and state legislative testimony and briefings, publications, training, and technical assistance.