New Resources for Grandfamilies and Kinship Care

We all need help when we are going through a difficult time. It’s best to be preventative instead of reactive when you find yourself unexpectedly raising a family member’s child – which we refer to as a “grandfamily”. If you are a new to kinship care or have just received custody of a relatives child, please explore the websites below for more information on how you can find support for this overwhelming experience.

You may be saddened by the changes in your life, and grieving the retirement life you wanted to experience. Reaching out to the below networks to educate yourself, find support groups and resources for grandfamilies can help prepare you for the challenges ahead, and allow you to cope in times of need. You are not alone. You can do this!

National Resources:

1. Grandfamilies.org

2. Grandfamilytoday.org

3. AECF.org/kinship/care – Annie E. Casey Foundation

4. Bethtyson.com – Kinship Therapist and Author of A Grandfamily for Sullivan

5. Drjohndegarmofostercare.com – Dr. John DeGarmo, Foster Care Educator

6.allisondavismaxon.com Foster and Kinship Care Expert

7. childtrauma.org – Dr. Bruce Perry’s website for childhood trauma

If you live in Pennsylvania:

1. Kinship Navigator: https://aese.psu.edu/extension/intergenerational/program-areas/kinship

2. pbflav.org

3. gratitude4grandparents.org (you can find them on Facebook too)

4. palawhelp.org/resource/understanding-kinship-foster-care

If you live in NJ:

1. NJ211.org

2. Acendahealth.org – provides therapy for kinship families and accepts insurance

3.nj211.org/kinship-navigator-program – Kinship Navigator Program

ABOUT BETH
Beth Tyson is a childhood trauma consultant, 3x best-selling author, and Pennsylvania Child Abuse Prevention Team co-chair. Beth provides trauma-responsive and healing-centered guidance to organizations that believe in improving the mental health of children and families. She is also the author of A Grandfamily for Sullivan, a trauma-informed children’s book for kinship families and children raised by their relatives due to unfortunate circumstances.

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A picture of a book cover stacked on top of more books. The cover of the book says A Grandfamily for Sullivan, and has an illustration of two koalas looking at each other and holding hands.
A GRANDFAMILY FOR SULLIVAN
A Grandfamily for Sullivan is a tender-hearted story about a child’s experience as he travels through the grief and trauma of being separated from his parents and building a new life. It is a realistic, yet hopeful story about the power of courage, compassion, and unconditional love.

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