About Grandfamilies.org

Grandfamilies.org serves as a national legal resource in support of grandfamilies within and outside the child welfare system.

Our Mission:

Educate individuals about state laws, legislation and policy in support of grandfamilies
Assist interested policymakers, advocates, caregivers, and attorneys in exploring policy options to support relatives and the children in their care
Provide technical assistance and training

Grandfamilies.org staff are available to provide technical assistance to help assist national, state, regional and local child welfare agencies with implementing federal child welfare laws including:

Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 (Family Foster Home Licensing Standards, and Kinship Navigator Programs)
Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

See current menu of available technical assistance. Contact us with information about your technical assistance request. We will respond with an estimate and information about available technical assistance providers.

Casey Family Programs

Casey Family Programs is the nation's largest operating foundation focused entirely on foster care and improving the child welfare system. Founded in 1966, Casey Family Programs works to provide and improve ─ and ultimately prevent the need for ─ foster care in the United States. The foundation was established by United Parcel Service founder Jim Casey.

American Bar Association

The ABA is the largest voluntary professional association in the world with nearly 400,000 members. The ABA Center on Children and the Law improves children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy by focusing on child abuse and neglect, child welfare and protective services system enhancement, family preservation, adolescent health and other child protective legal issues.

Generations United