Kinship/Relative Care Organizations

Phone: (202) 434-2277

Toll-Free: (888) 687-2277

Fax: (202) 434-6474

Email: gic@aarp.org

The AARP GIC is a program of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). The GIC is a primary resource for grandparents in traditional and non-traditional family roles, including grandparents raising grandchildren and step-grandparents. Among the topics addressed are grandparents traveling with grandchildren, the visitation rights of grandparents, parenting grandchildren, and grandparent support groups.

nadid: 11095

Phone: (202) 682-0100

Fax: (202) 289-6555

The AAICPC consists of members from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. AAICPC has the authority to carry out the rules and terms of the the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), which establishes uniform legal and administrative procedures governing the interstate placement of children and is statutory law in all fifty-two member jurisdictions and a binding contract between member jurisdictions.

nadid: 11081

Phone: (201) 836-4602

Fax: (201) 836-4382

A major initiative of the Brookdale Foundation is the Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP). It is designed to encourage and promote the creation or expansion of services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting due to the absence of the parents.

RAPPs provide extensive direct services, primarily to relative caregivers caring for children outside the foster care system, in 44 States and the District of Columbia.

nadid: 19362

Toll-Free: (800) 496-2230

Casey Family Programs works in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and two territories and with more than a dozen tribal nations to influence long-lasting improvements to the safety and success of children, families, and the communities where they live. Founded in 1966, they learn from and collaborate with communities at local, state, tribal, and national levels to nurture the safety and success of children.

nadid: 11152

Toll-Free: (800) 394-3366

Email: info@childwelfare.gov

Child Welfare Information Gateway connects professionals and the general public to information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to programs, research, laws and policies, training resources, statistics, and much more.

nadid: 17904

Phone: (202) 688-4200

Fax: (202) 833-1689

Email: cwla@cwla.org

The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the oldest national organization serving vulnerable children, youth, and their families. CWLA provides training, consultation, and technical assistance to child welfare professionals and agencies while also educating the public on emerging issues that affect abused, neglected, and at-risk children. Through its publications, conferences, and teleconferences, CWLA shares information on emerging trends, specific topics in child welfare practice (family foster care, kinship care, adoption, positive youth development), and Federal and State policies.

nadid: 11165

Phone: (800) 233-1200

Phone: (202) 628-8787

Email: cdfinfo@childrensdefense.org

The Children's Defense Fund focuses on key issues affecting the well-being of children by helping develop, implement, and monitor State and Federal policies. CDF gathers and disseminates data on children, promotes public education, provides technical assistance to State and local child advocates, and pursues an annual Federal legislative agenda.

nadid: 11168

Phone: (202) 720-4423

Toll-Free: (800) 333-4636

The Cooperative Extension System is a nationwide, non-credit educational network. Each U.S. State and Territory has an office at its land-grant university and a network of local and/or regional offices. These offices are staffed with experts who provide useful, practical, and research-based information to consumers, citizens in rural communities, youth, and many others.

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is the Federal partner in the Cooperative Extension System. It provides Federal funding to the system and, through program leadership, helps the system identify and address current issues and problems.

nadid: 24173

Phone: (202) 289-3979

Fax: (202) 289-3952

Email: gu@gu.org

Generations United is the only national membership organization focused solely on promoting intergenerational strategies, programs, and public policies. It is a national organization that advocates for the mutual well-being of children, youth, and older adults. GU serves as a resource for educating policymakers and the public about the economic and social need for intergenerational cooperation. GU provides a forum for those working with children, youth, and the elderly to explore areas of common ground.

nadid: 11135

Grandfamilies.org serves as a national legal resource created to educate individuals about State laws and legislation in support of grandfamilies and to assist interested State legislators, advocates, caregivers, attorneys, and other policymakers in exploring policy options to support relatives and the children in their care both within and outside the child welfare system. Grandfamilies.org is a collaboration between Casey Family Programs, the American Bar Association's Center on Children and the Law, and Generations United.

nadid: 23503

Phone: (269) 387-1000

Phone: (616) 771-9913

Fax: (269) 387-0606

Email: mrainey47@sbcglobal.net

The Grandparent Resource Site is provided through a grant and it is intended to provide a holistic system of services to grandparents, grandchildren and professionals with the goal of enhancing the abilities of kinship care families to foster school readiness in young children.

nadid: 24176

Phone: (248) 646-7177

Fax: (248) 646-9722

Email: RSVLaw@aol.com

The Grandparents Rights Organization is a national volunteer nonprofit organization founded in 1984 by executive director Richard S. Victor. GRO's purpose is to educate and support grandparents and grandchildren and to advocate their desire to continue the grandparent-grandchild relationship, which may be threatened by the death or divorce of the parents.

nadid: 11051

Phone: (860) 763-5789

Fax: (860) 763-1568

Email: kathy@grandsplace.org

GrandsPlace is a support and information organization (website only) comprising grandparents (and foster parents, aunts, uncles, and step-parents) who wish that their grandchildren lived in safer, healthier environments. The GrandsPlace website provides a forum in which caregivers can discuss their concerns and offer support.

nadid: 11052

Grants for Seniors provides resources and links to Federal and State programs and benefits in many areas of general assistance.

nadid: 30770

Phone: (571) 527-3900

The National Council on Aging (NCOA) provides comprehensive information to all seniors, including kinship caregivers unexpectedly raising a family for the second time around. The information is available through the Council's extensive library service that can be reached by calling their phone number. The Council also offers a variety of kinship care and intergenerational programs throughout the course of the year.

nadid: 24717

Phone: (202) 401-4634

Toll-Free: (800) 677-1116

The National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP) provides grants to states and territories to fund various supports that help families and informal caregivers to care for children in their homes.

nadid: 30387

TTY: (888) 659-3745

Email: info@grandparentsforchildren.org

The National Kinship Alliance for Children, formerly the National Committee of Grandparents for Children's Rights, is a nationwide network of grandparents, community members, and professionals working together to provide education and support, advocacy, and thoughtful leadership for children, grandparents, and kinship families.

nadid: 24177

Phone: (616) 771-9913

The National Research Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren is a collaborative initiative between Georgia State and Western Michigan Universities.

The Center seeks to inform professionals, decision makers, and the public on unique needs, challenges and strengths facing many custodial grandparent families. The Center will also promote best practices in the kinship care field by linking researchers and field-based professionals, with the ultimate goal of enhancing services for custodial grandparent families.

nadid: 24757

Phone: (202) 289-3979

Email: info@GKSNetwork.org

As a project of Generations United, the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network (Network) is a national technical assistance center for those who serve grandfamilies and kinship families. The Network helps government agencies and nonprofits in States, tribes, and territories work across jurisdictional and systemic boundaries to improve supports and services for families in which grandparents, other relatives, or close family friends are raising children.

nadid: 30503

Phone: (734) 764-9466

Fax: (734) 764-8128

The University Center for the Child and Family (UCCF) is strongly committed to helping children and families enjoy a happier life, more satisfying relationships, and increased success.The goals of the UCCF are to enhance the lives of vulnerable children and families and to shape local, State, and national policies by working with public and private agencies to conduct research, demonstrate new models of service, develop training curricula and provide T/TA, conduct program evaluations, and develop policy recommendations.

nadid: 11211