US: Casey holds hearing, introduces bills to support grandfamilies (May require subscription)
Bradford Era – June 24, 2022
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey, D-Pa., held a hearing Thursday titled, “Strengthening Support for Grandfamilies During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond,” which examined challenges facing grandparents and kinship caregivers raising children and how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated those challenges. Many grandparents and kinship caregivers step in when parents are no longer able to care for their children and are not financially prepared for the added expense of raising a child. Approximately one in five grandfamilies live at or below the federal poverty line and nearly half of all grandmother-only households are living in poverty.
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