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- EIN 01-0746973
- info@grandparentsforchildren.org
- 518-833-0215
- 103 Remsen Street, Suite 202 Cohoes NY 12047 USA
- www.grandparentsforchildren.org
- ncgcr
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Nonprofit Overview
Mission: The National Committee of Grandparents for Children's Rights is a nationwide network of grandparents, community members, and professionals working together to provide education and support, advocacy, and thought leadership for children, grandparents, and kinship families. Our vision is all children having health and stable relationships with their grandparents and other relatives.
Results: +Co-hosted multiple GrandRallies throughout the nation, including three in Washington, DC +Proposed resolutions that were adopted by the 2005 White House Conference on Aging +Hosted a 2007 International Kinship Summit in New York City +Worked to successfully include the relative notification provision in the Kinship Caregiver Support Act in the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act +Assisted thousands of grandparents and relatives in finding the information and supports that they needed to gain custody or visitation of their relative children +Brought together grassroots advocates in multiple states to influence grandparent and kinship legislation regarding grandparent visitation, access to foster care, and supports for kinship families +Implemented a highly successful kinship caregiver support program on Long Island, New York +Co-hosted a National Kinship Summit with the Child Welfare League of America +Implemented the first national coalition of organizations working to support grandparents raising grandchildren +Implemented two new support groups locally and a nationwide grandparent leadership program ...and we continue to work together toward ensuring the health, happiness, and well-being of every child!
Target demographics: Grandparents raising grandchildren, grandparents
Direct beneficiaries per year: 6,000
Geographic areas served: Nationwide
Programs: We offer four programs: advocacy/public policy, grandparent support through the warmline and support groups, grandparent leadership, and a grassroots network of agencies who work with grandparents raising grandchildren.
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