Relative caregiver program offers support for local families
Rhea County Online -
Dayton,TN,USA
The Relative Caregiver Program offers support to families
raising non-birth children, such as grandchildren,
cousins, nieces or nephews. ...
Grandparents raising teens means, 'You don't have time to
get old'
commercialappeal.com
Memphis, TN, USA
It estimated almost 50000 Tennesseans are raising their
grandchildren without a parent living in the house.
Proportionately, Southern grandparents ...
Caregivers fight to protect their rights
The Tennessean - Nashville,
TN, USA
"There's such a growing number of grandparents raising
their grandchildren nowadays," said State Rep. John Hood of
Murfreesboro, who introduced the bill. ...
Grandparents tackle caregiver role
Ashland City Times - Ashland
City, TN ,USA
"There are no rocking chairs for grandparents raising their
grandchildren," Linda said. "Sometimes I just get tired.
We're no spring chickens anymore." ...
Legal options for grandparents and relatives raising
children
The Tennessean - Nashville,
TN, USA
With power of attorney, grandparents can get their
grandchildren covered by TennCare and enroll them in school.
But it's for temporary hardship authority. ...
More grandparents raising kids
Dickson Herald - Dickson,
TN, USA
Census data indicated the number of Tennessee grandparents
who were primary caregivers for grandchildren in their
households rose more than 11 percent ...
She mothers her third generation
Dickson Herald - Dickson,
TN, USA
Katie West-Sewell, 74, of Nashville is raising her three
great-grandchildren, Quaneshia Jennings, 13, Terrielle
West, 9, and Travon West, 6. ...
Grandparents raise kids again
Robertson County Times - TN,
USA
She's now raising three of her 10 grandchildren
without the help of her husband, who died last year of heart
trouble. More than 10 years ago, the children's ...
Taylors FCE members meet Jan. 2
Cleveland Daily Banner -
Cleveland, TN, USA
Kaye Smith presented a program on Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren. Seven percent of grandparents in
Tennessee are raising their grandchildren. .
Caregiver program helps grandparents, others raise kids
Jackson Sun - Jackson, TN,
USA
... Because of these findings, the Relative Caregiver
Program was established to help grandparents raising these
children outside the homes of their biological ...
Parental Rights Slippery Slope for Minors
Memphis Daily News - TN, USA
... The rights of teen parents present an especially
big challenge when a teen parent is in the custody of someone else
... "The (grandparent) basically becomes the ...
Good Ideas
Daily News Journal
(subscription) - Murfreesboro, TN, USA
... A group for grandparents raising
grandchildren meets at 6 pm the third Thursday of every month
at St. Clair Street Senior Center, 325 St. ...
