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AARP Grandparent Information Center (AARP GIC)
601 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20049
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.
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Administration on Aging Grandparents Resources
Center for Communication and Consumer Services/DHHS
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren addresses issues involving three generations – themselves, their children and the grandchildren. Since special coping skills for handling family crises are needed, the links on this website describe the scope of this phenomenon, Federal government benefit and foundation programs, a wide variety of information resource sites, State and cooperative extension programs and reports, policy and research articles, and legal issues for grandparents separated from grandchildren.
For factsheets, statistics, research, resources, State-specific programs, etc., click on the Notes at http://www.aoa.gov/prof/notes/notes_grandparents.asp.
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Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC)
American Public Human Services Association
810 First Street NE
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20002-4267
The Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children is a uniform State law establishing a contract among party States to ensure that children placed across state lines receive adequate protection and services. The primary function of the ICPC is to protect the interests of both the children and the States by requiring that certain procedures be followed in the interstate placement of children who are being adopted, placed with relatives, or going into residential care or foster family homes.
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Casey Family Programs
1300 Dexter Avenue North
Third Floor
Seattle, WA 98109-3542
Casey Family Programs provides an array of services for children and youth, with foster care as it core. Casey services include adoption, guardianship, kinship care, and family reunification. Casey is also committed to helping youth in foster care make a successful transition to adulthood.
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Center for Child and Family Programs (CCFP)
Institute for the Study of Children, Families, and Communities/CCFP
203 Boone Hall
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
The Center for Child and Family Programs (CCFP)has replaced the former National Foster Care Resource Center.
The goals of the CCFP 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.
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children's Bureau/ACYF
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW -- Eighth Floor
Washington, DC 20024
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.
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Foundation for Grandparenting
108 Farnham Road
Ojai, CA 93023
The Foundation For Grandparenting is dedicated to raising grandparent consciousness to better the lives of grandchildren, parents and grandparents through education, research, programs, communication, and networking.
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Generations United (GU)
1333 H Street NW
Suite 500 W
Suite 820
Washington, DC 20005
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.
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Grandparents Rights Organization (GRO)
100 West Long Lake Road
Suite 250
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
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.
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GrandsPlace - Grandparents and Special Others Raising Children
154 Cottage Road
Enfield, CT 06082
GrandsPlace is a support and information organization (Web site only) comprising grandparents (and foster parents, aunts, uncles, and step-parents) who wish that their grandchildren lived in safer, healthier environments. The GrandsPlace Web site provides a forum in which caregivers can discuss their concerns and offer support.
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Legal Advocates for Permanent Parenting (LAPP)
1840 Gateway Drive
Suite 200
San Mateo, CA 94404
The Legal Advocates for Permanent Parenting (LAPP) provides self-help legal information, training, referrals, and consulting on issues of interest to foster parents, kinship caregivers, and pre-adoptive families of children in foster care.
In addition, LAPP works to improve communication between child welfare workers, CASAs, attorneys, and the courts and to educate the general public about the fostering and adoptive process, with the goal of encouraging permanence for children in the public child welfare system.
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Massachusetts Families for Kids Program
Children's Services of Roxbury, Inc. (CSR) Main Administration Office
11 Roxbury Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
General Scope: Children's Services of Roxbury is a community-based, multi-service private child welfare agency, providing foster care and adoption services to children and their families across Massachusetts through a variety of programs.
Massachusetts Families for Kids (MFFK), a program of Children's Services, works collaboratively with all parties in the child welfare system on behalf of system change toward more timely and stable permanency outcomes for children in foster care.
Training Specific: Foster care and adoption training/education opportunities for professionals, parents and youth are offered by Massachusetts Families for Kids. For more information, see http://www.csrox.org/programs/permanency-mediation.php.
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University of Illinois at Chicago
Jane Addams College of Social Work
M/C 309
1040 W. Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60607
General Scope: The mission of Jane Addams College of Social Work is to educate professional social workers, develop knowledge, and provide leadership in the development and implementation of policies and services on behalf of the poor, the oppressed, racial and ethnic minorities, and other at-risk urban populations.
Training Specific: For information on the Bachelor of Social Work Program (BSW) see http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/college/academic/academic_bsw.html.
Information about the Master of Social Work (MSW) Program see http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/college/academic/academic_msw.html.
One of the five major MSW concentrations is the Child and Family concentration which emphasizes public sector services—programs that touch the lives of large numbers of urban, at-risk populations.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research - http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/college/research/policycenter.html
The Center engages faculty in public service and research activities directed toward meeting the needs of urban communities, especially poor families and children. Major Center initiatives focus on social work, families, and the criminal justice system; child welfare system development; and community based social services.
- Kinship Care Practice Project - http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/college/kincare/
The Kinship Care Practice Project conducts research, develops training materials, and provides educational opportunities to ensure safety, well-being, and permanent homes for children through collaborative work with extended families. The project began as a research and demonstration project funded by the Adoption Opportunities Program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF). The project has received additional support through a subsequent training and curriculum development grant from ACYF, contracts with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, additional support from the Jane Addams College of Social Work and the Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and in-kind contributions from many community and child welfare agencies.
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