More Information:
- Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
- Cantalician Center for Learning
- Child & Family Support Program of the Mental Health Association of Erie County, Inc.
- Connections: A Guide to Transitional Services in Erie County
- Erie County Department of Social Services, Children’s Services, Kinship Caregiver Manual
- Erie County Department of Social Services Kinship Unit
- EPIC—Every Person Influences Children, Inc.
- Kinship Consortium
- Mid-Erie Counseling and Treatment Services
- New York State Office for the Aging, Targeted Caregivers Initiative
- People, Inc.
- Parenting Without Instructions
- Mental Health Association in Niagara County, Inc.
- Support Groups for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
New York State Office for the Aging, Targeted Caregivers Initiative
The New York State Office for the Aging has been instrumental in forwarding the cause of relatives as caregivers. They provide the excellent resources listed below. For additional information, contact Carmen Cunningham, Program Coordinator, toll free number: 1 (800) 342-9871 (within New York State) or (518) 473 4275.
For an excellent summary of information on grandparenting in New York State with a superb list of resources at the end, read "Grandparents as Family Caregivers" by Denise Burnette, Ph.D., Columbia School of Social Work,
New York State Office for the Aging Grandparent Web Page: http://www.nysnavigator.org/
For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Series of Workshops to Help You COPE Curriculum
Help for Grandparents Raising Children with Developmental Disabilities Curriculum
Local Resource Guide Diskette Template
Newsletter
Videos:
- 13 minute overview of issues and resources
- 30 second public service announcement
- Legal issues video set:
- Physical Custody & Legal Custody (22 minutes)
- Foster Care, Guardianship, Visitation, Housing, School Enrollment and Medical Care (28 minutes)
- "You Can Ask" - a Sesame Workshop program for children ages 3-8 - helping you help children cope with stress (Contents in English, Spanish and Chinese with a guide for parents and care givers)
Updated, July 2005