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If you are a grandparent raising grandchildren, you are not alone. More than 8% of the children in the United States are being reared by a grandparent.

Family and Consumer Sciences provides Texas grandparents with a wealth of information and resources including legal and financial resources, support groups, parenting skills and more.

The American Association of Retired Persons also maintains a Support Group database for grandparents rearing their grandchildren:
Search for a Grandparents Support Groups in your area

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren...realizing you're not alone...

More than six million children - approximately 1 in 12 - are living in households headed by grandparents (4.5 million children) or other relatives (1.5 million children). Learn about public benefits available to grandparents and other relatives and the children they raise vary from state to state.

AARP Grandparent Information Center (GIC)

The AARP Grandparent Information Center (GIC) provides information about services and programs that can help improve the lives of grandparent-headed households. The GIC also offers Spanish-language publications. Grandparents can search the National Database of Grandparent Support Groups at www.aarp.org/grandparents/searchsupport. Write AARP Grandparent Information Center, 601 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20049; phone: 1-800-434-3410.

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