Grandparenting
Additional Resources
Local Resources
- List of grandparent coalitions and support groups in New York City
- Brooklyn Grandparent's Coalition - a coalition of support groups in Brooklyn
- DYCD’s Afterschool Programs
- Parks Dept. Recreation Centers
- Parks Dept. After-school Program
- NY Public Library resources for children and parents
- NY Public Library homework help
- Brooklyn Public Library resources for children and parents
- Brooklyn Public Library homework help
- Queens Public Library resources for children and parents
City Agencies
- New York City Department for the Aging
- New York City Administration for Children's Services
- New York City Human Resource Administration
State Resources
National Resources
- Brookdale Foundation
- Generations United
- AARP's Grandparent Information Center
- Child Welfare League of America
- Children's Defense Fund
Write Or Call The Grandparent Resource Center for Free Publications
- The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Book - a resource directory detailing health and social services, benefits and entitlements, guardianship, kinship foster care, legal and financial choices and many other areas of help.
- Skipped Generation Grandparent Support Group Guide - find a support group in your borough
- For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Series of Workshops to Help You COPE (workshop curriculum I) and
- For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: More Help for You and Your Family (workshop curriculum II) - designed for workgroup leaders but useful for grandparents as well, these curricula cover such issues as negotiating systems, discipline and behavior, and dealing with biological parents.