PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Local grandparents raising grandchildren now have more information about the resources available to them, thanks to an event near Wilkes-Barre.

PLAINS TWP. — The hottest topic at the region’s annual Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Conference Friday has been simmering for more than a decade — the state funding system that’s supposed to help ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Every week, Dionne Chambers holds a session that helps grandparents connect. "We're in the midst of our 12-week curriculum," says Chambers, GrandFamily Educator for the ...

About 6.7 million people age 30 and over lived with their grandchildren in 2021, according a U.S. Census Bureau repoprt last year. Nationally, about 32.7% of grandparents living with grandchildren ...

The number of grandparents raising their grandchildren has risen over the past decade. According to the American Society on Aging, over two million grandparents across the country are primary ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Substance abuse and violent crime carry many unintended consequences, changing the lives of families in New Mexico. Thousands of families, in fact. In many families, grandparents ...

'Grandfamilies' are real and thriving–just differently. Fact checked by Sari Hitchins A pilot program in Alabama called "Grandparents as Parents", founded by Keith Lowhorne, supports grandparents who ...

Each generation has its own struggles and challenges. Even if the members of a certain generation don’t have everything in common, they often face collective challenges because of how they were raised ...

A new initiative in Newark is shining a spotlight on the often-overlooked challenges facing grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Jacqueline Williams lost her daughter, Tenasia, after a ...

OGDEN — Grandparents With Open Arms — founded in 2021 by Ogdenite Melonie Trujillo — will soon celebrate its fourth anniversary. The nonprofit organization provides support for grandparents who are ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A weekend Easter event in Indianapolis will shine a spotlight on a group often overlooked in the conversation about gun violence—grandparents raising their grandchildren. The ...

In the United States, a significant number of children are being raised by their grandparents without parental involvement. As of September 2024, more than 2.4 million children are living in such ...