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Helping Grandparents
to Raise Healthy, Hopeful Grandchildren
Information and photos from a forum held on November 28,
2006, at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford for
grandparents seeking help in raising their grandchildren.
Sponsored by the Commission, AARP Connecticut, and
Generations United. Visit
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Grandparents' Rights
An analysis of grandparents' rights under Connecticut law,
issued in September 2006 by the Office of Legislative
Research (OLR), the research office of the state
legislature.
Download the PDF
Visit
the OLR site |
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Public Benefits
Programs Can Help Grandparents
Guidance from AARP on how to deal with the financial strains
of raising grandchildren.
Visit the AARP site |
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Facts about CT
Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children
Data compiled by AARP and its partners, including
information about state policies, public benefit programs,
and state kinship care. Published in July 2006.
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2-1-1
A free service administered by
the United Way of Connecticut and funded by the Connecticut
Department of Social Services and local United Ways. Just
dial 2-1-1 to get information or to seek help in a crisis.
It's available 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
It also features a Kinship Navigator for grandparents,
aunts, uncles, siblings, or other adults who care full-time
for a relative's child.
Visit the
2-1-1 site |
Visit the Kinship Navigator |
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Grandparents as
Parents Support Network (GAPS)
A network of support groups for grandparents and others
raising child relatives, created by Aging Services Division
of the state Department of Social Services (DSS).
Visit the DSS site |
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Subsidized
Guardianship
Information from the state Department of Children and
Families (DCF) on subsidized guardianship, which allows
foster children to live permanently with guardians -- often
grandparents or other relatives -- when they cannot live
with their own parents or be placed with adoptive families.
Visit the DCF site |
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The HUSKY Plan
The state healthcare plan for
uninsured
children and youth.
Visit
the HUSKY site |
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Connecticut WIC
Program
A nutrition program, run by the state Department of Public
Health (DPH), that helps young children eat well and stay
healthy, at no cost if they qualify.
Visit the DPH site |
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CT-PEN
If you're a professional who works with
parents, grandparents, or anyone else raising children, the
Connecticut Parenting Education Network (CT-PEN) has a
website for you. It offers information on parent education
services, regional groups throughout the state, and
quarterly statewide meetings.
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This page was
last updated:
07/22/2008 |
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