Some of the following documents require a PDF viewer:

Web Sites

• Grandparents' Guide: Helping to Raise Your Children's Children - This PDF was created by the Beatitudes Center of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona. It has six major sections that provide information about the topic presented above. Among the major topics that are distributed among the sections include a discussion of the developmental stages of children of all ages, water safety, communication skills, self esteem, legal issues, child abuse, financial issues, day care, and school related issues.
• Texas Kincare Primer - This PDF presents tremendous information that begins by presenting who the Kincare organization is and their purpose. Unique information provided in the PDF includes information about family law, documents you may need in seeking services from various agencies, power of attorney, early childhood intervention services, parenting success with the "sandwich generation," resources for those who live in both Dallas and Houston, Texas, information about the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credits, and consent to medical treatment by non-parents. Information might be helpful to those in other states as well.
• AARP: Help for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - The AARP website is filled with resources for adults who are at least 50 years of age. There are 188 resources listed to assist grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Examples of those resources include help with legal issues, activities that are fun to do with your grandchildren, and links to support groups. The resources are available without cost to the user.
• The Federal Citizen Information Center - The Federal Citizen Information Center is a service provided by the U.S. General Services Administration. It has links to full text versions of hundreds of free publications produced by the federal government.
• Grandparent Guide on Raising Grandchildren - The Illinois Department on Aging has a website to provide resources to grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. There are resources that will be of benefit to grandparents, no matter which state they live in.
• Grandparenting Resource and Support Guide - Grandparents need resources and support in raising their grandchildren. This website is designed to assist not only them, but the other relatives of the children, as well.
• Grandparent News on SeniorJournal - The Senior Journal has lots of very helpful information not only for Senior Citizens, but also for those who are raising their grandchildren.
• Grandparent Rights Resources - What are the rights of grandparents? This website provides a lot of resources that will assist you in determining what they are and what actions you may need to take.
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Implications for Professionals and Agencies - This website has both an audio tape and a PDF file that discusses the implications of grandparents raising their grandchildren on both Professionals and Agencies.
• USA.gov: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - The resources on the above website are meant to assist grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Example resources include the following: (1) benefits and assistance, (2) resources from all 50 states, (3) lists of reports and publications, and (4) health and safety resources.
• Administration on Aging - Grandparents raising grandchildren and grandparents as caregivers, resource information
• Census Bureau - Demographic characteristics of grandparents and grandchildren, working paper on co-resident grandparents and their grandchildren
• Grandparent Foundation - Information, including grandparenting research
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Educational website for professionals and agencies
• National Aging Information Center - Publications and statistical information
• Social Security Administration - Benefits for grandchildren

Publications

Articles and Reports

• Kleiner, H. S. & Hertzog, J. . Grandparents Acting As Parents. Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service. Retrieved March 30, 2000 from http://www.uwex.edu/ces/gprg/article.html.
• United States Department of Commerce. . Co-resident Grandparents and Their Grandchildren: Grandparent Maintained Families, (P23-198). Washington, DC: Bryson, K. & Casper, L. M. Retrieved March 30, 2000 from http://www.census.gov/prod/99pubs/p23-198.pdf .
• Woodworth, R. S., Dabelko, H., & Hollidge, M. . Respite Services to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, (ARCH Factsheet 45), National Resource Center for Respite and Crisis Care Services. Retrieved March 30, 2000 from http://www.care-givers.com/DBArticles/pages/viewarticle.php?id=96.

Bulletins, Pamphlets, and Fact Sheets

• South Carolina Educational Consent and/or School Enrollment Law
• United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. A Grandparents' Guide for Family Nurturing & Safety. Washington, DC: Dr. T. B. Brazelton & A. Brown. For a free copy, contact the Consumer Information Center at 719-948-4000, and ask for Item 606; or retrieve it from http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/grand/704.html.
• United States Office of Personnel Management and Link to Benefits Administration Letter. (December 18, 1998). Benefits Administration Letter Number 98-209, Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Public Law 105-3111 - Foster Children and Miscellaneous Updates. Washington, DC, http://www.opm.gov/retire/pubs/bals/1998/98-209.pdf
• United States Office of Personnel Management and link to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Handbook . Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: A Handbook for Enrollees and Employing Offices. Retrieved March 30, 2000 from http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/reference/handbook/fehb00.asp

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