Grandparenting Resources
Local
Many local resources are available for grandparents and others who are raising relatives' children. Browse through the links below for more information or contact your Family Caregiver Support Program and Kinship Care Program coordinators.
State
Coalition of Children, Youth and Families
Tools and resources to help foster and adoptive families create a network of support through webinars, newsletters, informational tip sheets and free lending library and more.
Provides extra food dollars to people with limited financial resources.
Grandparenting Today
Grandparenting support site where you can find publications and fact sheets about the changing roles of grandparents, child development, child rearing, discipline and other challenges, education, nutrition and other pertinent topics for grandparents raising children. Sponsored by UW Extension .
Kinship Navigator Portal
This resource is designed to help you find resources to help you with medical care, support payments, and more for the children in your care.
Wisconsin Adoption & Permanency Support Program
This program offers resources such as a support group and mental health professionals directory, toll-free telephone support, newsletter, educational opportunities and other supports for adoptive and other families. Managed by Catholic Charities.
Wisconsin Foster Care and Adoption Resource Center
Find resources and support to help grandparents and other relatives who are raising their relatives’ children; a partner of the Coalition of Children, Youth and Families.
Wisconsin Kinship Care
State site devoted to the Kinship Care program that support grandparents and other relative caregivers.
Child Care Subsidy Program (W-2 Child Care) that helps eligible parents pay for child care.
National
AARP Grandparenting
National site devoted to better grandparenting.
Brookdale Foundation Relatives As Parents Program
This program is designed to encourage and promote the creation or expansion of services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting due to the absence of the parents.