{"id":1886,"date":"2014-08-05T09:06:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T13:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.ctadoption.uh.uconn.edu\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:03:41","slug":"for-relative-caregivers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/support\/support-groups\/for-relative-caregivers\/","title":{"rendered":"For Relative Caregivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1886\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1886-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1886-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1886-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234 size-large\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2014\/08\/photo_relative_care-1024x399.jpg\" alt=\"Grandfather teaching grandson how to fish from a dock on a lake. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Connecticut Grandparents as Parents Support Network (GAPS)<\/h3>\n<p>Developed by Connecticut\u2019s Department of Social Services Aging Services Division, GAPS provides assistance in establishing grandparent support groups for grandparents and relatives raising children. This statewide network is designed to encourage and promote the creation of services for relatives who have taken on the responsibility of parenting. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ct.gov\/agingservices\/cwp\/view.asp?a=2513&amp;q=313054\">GAPS support groups<\/a> were started in all five regions of the state under the auspices of the Brookdale Foundation Group\u2019s national program, Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP).<\/p>\n<h3>Connecticut Alliance of Foster and Adoptive Families (CAFAF)<\/h3>\n<p>The Connecticut Alliance of Foster and Adoptive Families is an association dedicated to providing support, training, and advocacy services for foster, adoptive, and relative caregiver parents. <a href=\"https:\/\/cafafct.org\/resources\/support-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View CAFAF\u2019s support groups.<\/a> Staff can be reached at 860-258-3400 or 800-861-8838.<\/p>\n<h3>Enfield, CT<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Waterbury, CT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Relatives as Parents Support Group<\/strong> <strong>Meeting Time: Alternating Fridays at 9:15am and Wednesdays at 3:30pm<\/strong> <strong>Location: <\/strong>Virtual Via Zoom <strong>Contact:<\/strong> Deb Kelleher at 475-235-2184 or <a href=\"mailto:deb.kelleher@anniec.org\">deb.kelleher@anniec.org\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Connecticut Grandparents as Parents Support Network (GAPS) Developed by Connecticut\u2019s Department of Social Services Aging Services Division, GAPS provides assistance in establishing grandparent support groups for grandparents and relatives raising children. This statewide network is designed to encourage and promote the creation of services for relatives who have taken on the responsibility of parenting. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1354,"featured_media":0,"parent":538,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 13:03:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1886"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2429,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1886\/revisions\/2429"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}