Serving Custodial Grandparent Families

• Profile of Custodial Grandparents
• Program Services
• Available Resources
• Collaborating Partners
• Quotes
• Contact Information

Program Services

• Weekly support and educational groups for custodial grandparents
• Specially designed group experiences for pre-primary grandparented children
• Monthly continuation meetings for grandparent families
• In-service programming for educators
• Leadership training for grandparents and professionals
• Comprehensive assessments to evaluate all program services

Available Resources:

"Second Time Around: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren"- curriculum for grandparents support groups $75.00

"Second Time Around" Grandparent Panel Video (25 minutes) $50.00

Additional resources in development.

Collaborating Partners:

Cedar Springs Public Schools Cedar Springs, Michigan Drake-Quinn Foundation Grand Rapids, Michigan Dyer-Ives Foundation Grand Rapids, Michigan Frey Foundation Grand Rapids, Michigan Kent County Head Start Kent County Michigan

Michigan State University Cooperative Extension Service Kalamazoo, Michigan Spectrum Health Healthier Communities Department Grand Rapids, Michigan Western Micigan University Dept. of Family & Consumer Sciences Dept. of Teaching Learning & Leadership Kalamazoo, Michigan

From the mouths of Grandmas...

• "This group has become my new friends."
• "I thought I was the only one raising grandchildren."
• "I wish this group met every day."
• "Do you know a place where I can learn to read? I got me a grandson to raise."
• "Coming to this group has helped me smile again."
  

Contact Information:

Department of Family & Consumer Sciences
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5322

Phone: 269-387-3704
Fax: 269-387-3353

Email: dannison@wmich.edu

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