More county grandparents raising kids
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham, Washington, USA
"Grandparents Raising Grandchildren” by the Northwest Regional Council (call the council at 676-6749 for a copy). Are you a kid being raised by a ...

State promises help with college costs for low-income students
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By MANUEL VALDES AP TACOMA -- Teresa Jackson is raising three grandchildren by herself on a fixed income, and saving money for their college education is ...

Community calendar
HeraldNet - Everett, Washington, USA
East County Senior Center special day for family caregivers, including grandparents raising grandchildren, 10 am to 3 pm Saturday, 276 Sky River Parkway, ...

Fund For The Needy Grandparents get support parenting second time ...
Seattle Times - Seattle, WA ,USA
Every Thursday night, a group of about 20 people gather in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood to talk about raising their grandchildren. ...

Grandparents get support parenting second time around
Seattle Times - Seattle, Washington, USA
Called the Rainier Beach Grandparents and Kinship Caregivers in Action, these people never expected to be the primary caregivers for their children's ...

Agency helps seniors start "a second act" at parenting young relatives
Seattle Times - Seattle, WA, USA
About 60 percent of the "kinship caregivers" are grandparents raising grandchildren. The rest are mostly aunts and uncles. ...

Divorce Seen As Biggest Challenge to Stable American Family Life ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
... "If you are a grandparent caring for grandkids, or if you’re the primary caregiver to minor step-children, you likely have different legal rights and ...
 

Graying of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... parenting role because of death or disability. In some instances grandparents are raising grandchildren who are themselves HIV infected. ...

Changing families add new burdens
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Walla-Walla, Washington, USA
... children living with their grandparents, who raise about six percent of the nation's young, said the National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. ...

Religion events
The Herald - Everett, WA, USA
... Grandparents support group: For grandparents raising grandchildren, 6:30 pm June 8. Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 2111 117th Ave. NE, Lake Stevens; 425-377-0375. ...