{"id":814,"date":"2016-07-13T16:23:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T20:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/?page_id=814"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:47:23","slug":"resources-for-relative-guardians","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/web-resources\/resources-for-relative-guardians\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for Relative Guardians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-815 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2016\/07\/photo_resources_guardians.jpg\" alt=\"Grandparents and grandchildren\" width=\"800\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2016\/07\/photo_resources_guardians.jpg 800w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2016\/07\/photo_resources_guardians-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2016\/07\/photo_resources_guardians-768x307.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Connecticut Resources<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childwelfare.gov\/resources\/parenting-your-adopted-teenager\/\">Connecticut Adoption Community Network (ACN)<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nProvides a list of support groups in Connecticut for grandparents and other relatives raising children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.giclocalsupport.org\/pages\/gic_db_home.cfm\"><strong>AARP GrandCare Support Locator <\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nA service of the AARP Foundation, The GrandCare Support Locator connects grandparents with national, state and local groups, programs, resources and services that support grandparents or other relative caregivers as well as grandparents facing visitation issues.<\/p>\n<h3>National Resources<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/relationships\/friends-family\/info-08-2011\/grandfamilies-guide-getting-started.html\"><strong>AARP<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nOffers a <em>GrandFamilies Guide<\/em> and <em>GrandFamilies Resources<\/em> for grandparents and other relatives raising grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookdalefoundation.org\/\"><strong>The Brookdale Foundation<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe Foundation initiated the Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP) in 1996 to encourage and promote the creation or expansion of services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting due to the absence of the parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut Resources Connecticut Adoption Community Network (ACN) Provides a list of support groups in Connecticut for grandparents and other relatives raising children. AARP GrandCare Support Locator A service of the AARP Foundation, The GrandCare Support Locator connects grandparents with national, state and local groups, programs, resources and services that support grandparents or other relative caregivers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":806,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 20:47:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814"}],"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\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions\/2483"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}