Facing a Pandemic: Grandfamilies Living Together During COVID-19 and Thriving Beyond

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2020

This report highlights the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on grandfamilies (that is, families in which children are being raised by extended family members, such as grandparents and close family friends) and provides solutions that connect them to support systems. These include government programs deploying COVID-19 response dollars with grandfamilies in mind; the design and implementation of program services that serve kinship caregivers, birth parents, etc.; and navigator programs to...