Grand Resource: Help for Grandfamilies Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance is a set of resources from Generations United that includes recommendations and resources on five topics identified by kinship caregivers as uniquely challenging for grandfamilies impacted by substance use.

Generations United, with the support of the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, developed this guide to equip the caregivers, including those that provide full and part time care to relative children, with the national resources they need to help their children thrive, now and in the future (2013).

This publication from Generations United consists of stories of various people who were raised by their grandparents and/or relatives (2012).

Summarizes research and provides recommendations on how to build an effective message to help garner public support for grandparents and other relatives raising children, from Generations United (2005).

A 60-minute webinar highlighting the grandfamilies and kinship care provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, some of the most significant being those providing additional federal funds for kinship navigator programs. Generations United staff are joined by experts from the Children’s Defense Fund and the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law to provide an overview of new federal investments in kinship navigator programs, grandfamilies housing, and relevant child welfare programs that can help grandfamilies. 

Webinar Recording

Power Point Slides Only

Generations United's Brief Summary of the Kinship Provisions of the Consolidated Appropration Act of 2021​​​​​​​