Kinship Care/Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Resource Listing
(revised 01/04)

The following organizations are among many that provide information on kinship care. Inclusion on this list is for information purposes and does not constitute an endorsement by the Clearinghouse or the Children's Bureau.

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AARP Grandparent Information Center (AARP GIC)
601 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20049 Phone: (202) 434-2296
Fax: (202) 434-6470
E-mail: gic@aarp.org
URL: http://www.aarp.org/confacts/programs/gic.html

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.

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 Phone: (202) 682-0100
Fax: (202) 289-6555
E-mail: icpcinbox@APHSA.org
URL: http://icpc.aphsa.org

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.

Casey Family Programs
1300 Dexter Avenue North
Third Floor
Seattle, WA 98109-3542 Phone: (206) 282-7300
Fax: (206) 282-3555
Toll-Free: (800) 228-3559
E-mail: info@casey.org
URL: http://www.casey.org

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.

Center for Child and Family Programs (CCFP)
203 Boone Hall
Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Phone: (734) 487-0372
Fax: (734) 487-0284
E-mail: vpolakow@online.emich.edu
URL: http://www.emich.edu/iscfc/ccfp/

The Center for Child and Family Programs has replaced the National Foster Care Resource Center. The goals of the Center 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.

Center for Family Connections (CFFC)
350 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02141 Phone: (617) 547-0909
Fax: (617) 497-5952
Toll-Free: (800) KINNECT
E-mail: cffc@kinnect.org
URL: http://www.kinnect.org/

The goal of the Center for Family Connections (CFFC) is to serve individuals and families touched by adoption, foster care, kinship, guardianship, as well as other complex blended families, and to serve the people with whom they are connected, by offering training, education, consultation, advocacy, and clinical treatment.

Generations United (GU)
Generations United
122 C Street NW
Suite 820
Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 638-1263
Fax: (202) 638-7555
E-mail: gu@gu.org
URL: http://www.gu.org/

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.

Grandparent's Rights Organization (GRO)
100 West Long Lake Road
Suite 250
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 Phone: (248) 646-7177
Fax: (248) 646-9722
E-mail: RSVLaw@aol.com
URL: http://www.grandparentsrights.org

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.

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (NAIC)
330 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20447 Phone: (703) 352-3488
Fax: (703) 385-3206
Toll-Free: (888) 251-0078
E-mail: naic@calib.com
URL: http://naic.acf.hhs.gov

NAIC offers information on all aspects of adoption for professionals, policy makers, and the general public. The Clearinghouse develops and maintains a computerized database of books, journal articles, and other materials on adoption and related topics, conducts database searches, publishes materials on adoption, and gives referrals to related services and experts in the field. NAIC also maintains a database of experts knowledgeable in various areas of adoption practice. NAIC's primary audiences are adoption professionals and adoptive parents and children.

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
330 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20447 Phone: (703) 385-7565
Fax: (703) 385-3206
Toll-Free: (800) FYI-3366
E-mail: nccanch@calib.com
URL: http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov

The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information, a service of the Children's Bureau, helps professionals locate information on child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues. Among its resources, the Clearinghouse offers a bibliographic database of child maltreatment and related child welfare materials, summaries of State laws concerned with child abuse and neglect and child welfare, fact sheets, resource lists, bulletins, and other publications. Jointly with the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (NAIC), the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information publishes the Children's Bureau Express an online digest of news and resources for professionals concerned with child maltreatment, child welfare, and adoption.

This material has been taken from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse Web site as reviewed and approved for addition to this site on January 14, 2004.

The National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov, can be reached toll free at 1-888-251-0075,or by e-mail at: naic@calib.com.

Credits: Child Welfare Information Gateway (http://www.childwelfare.gov)