TY - JOUR
T1 - Support for Grandfamilies
T2 - A Mosaic of Intervention Strategies
AU - Kaplan, Matthew
AU - Perez-Porter, Melinda
N1 - Funding Information:
Some other training resources focus on special topics that are relevant for human service professionals who work with grandfamilies in particularly difficult circumstances such as when the parent is incarcerated or with a physical disability. The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections, for example, conducts webinars on the topic of Working with Incarcerated Parents and Their Children to Achieve Positive Outcomes and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, with funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the U.S. Army Family and Moral, Welfare and Recreation Command, developed a military families initiative aimed at providing information and resources for caregiver families caring for wounded warriors and their children.1
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - The term grandfamilies refers to families with relative caregivers raising children. These families often face a host of emotional, legal, financial, and daily living challenges that require intervention at various levels. This article describes a web of programs, support systems, organizational structures, and social policies that can help grandfamilies thrive as reconstituted families. These intervention efforts provide emotional and instrumental support for family members, training for service providers, and guidance for interagency collaboration leading to more extensive and timely services for grandfamilies. These domains of intervention fit together as an integrated, multipronged continuum of support for grandfamilies.
AB - The term grandfamilies refers to families with relative caregivers raising children. These families often face a host of emotional, legal, financial, and daily living challenges that require intervention at various levels. This article describes a web of programs, support systems, organizational structures, and social policies that can help grandfamilies thrive as reconstituted families. These intervention efforts provide emotional and instrumental support for family members, training for service providers, and guidance for interagency collaboration leading to more extensive and timely services for grandfamilies. These domains of intervention fit together as an integrated, multipronged continuum of support for grandfamilies.
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U2 - 10.1080/15350770.2014.901076
DO - 10.1080/15350770.2014.901076
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84902842477
SN - 1535-0770
VL - 12
SP - 99
EP - 112
JO - Journal of Intergenerational Relationships
JF - Journal of Intergenerational Relationships
IS - 2
ER -