Caring for Children

If you are an older adult with primary caregiver responsibilities for your grandchild or another young relative, the Department for the Aging's Grandparent Resource Center can help you adjust to your role as a kinship caregiver.

Grandparent Resource Center services include:

• Workshops on legal issues, benefits and entitlements, nutrition, budgeting, and other topics
• Referrals and information
• Peer support groups and guidance on starting individual groups
• Expanded outreach at Mayor's Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety sites
• Parenting a Second Time Around classes
• "Grandparent sensitivity training" for professionals

Call 311 to reach the Grandparent Resource Center.

Resources

• Informational Videos for Caregivers
• New York State Kinship Navigator
• Osborne Association