Grandparents and Grandchildren TogetherMajor Program

576

Total Hours

Contributed.

1245

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

0

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

65

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals (grandparent or relative) reporting improved personal knowledge (such as enhanced knowledge of the various roles and levels of responsibility that grandparents and relatives play within their families; knowledge of a child’s developmental levels and developmentally appropriate playthings or activities)

651

Number of individuals (grandparent or relative) reporting improved personal skills (such as effective strategies for raising a grandchild or a relative) 

336

Number of individuals (grandparents or relatives raising a child) who sought support from local community organizations and/or its individual members

550

Number of individuals who extended any type of support to another grandparent or relative raising a child

274

Number of individuals who accessed community resources to find assistance when needed

398

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Relatives Raising Children

    In response to an overwhelming increase in the numbers of grandparents and relatives who are raising children in Kenton County the Cooperative Extension Service began a support group in 2004 to help t... Read More

  • Relatives As Parents

    According to Kinship Families Coalition of Kentucky, 6% of children in the Commonwalth are being raised by a grandparent or other relative. This is one of the highest in the nation. The Bourbon County... Read More

  • Grandparents/Relatives as Parents

    Grandparents/Relatives Stand in the GAPOver 70,000 or 7% of Kentucky children live in households headed by grandparents and/or relatives according to the AARP Foundation. Of those combined numbers, mo... Read More

  • Kinship Care in Kentucky

    Child welfare agencies have long relied on relatives to care for children unable to remain in the care of their parents. The state of Kentucky has diverted over 10,000 children from foster care throug... Read More

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