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Six million children live with relatives. Four and a half million of these children live with grandparents. Most of these families do not get the support so many need.
Your participation in this action will help these heroic family caregivers. Although the federal policy recognizes placement with a relative or a legal guardian as a good permanency option for children in foster care, the government makes no funds available on a continuing basis to help those relatives care for the children. Legislation in the Senate and House of Representatives would address this problem.
You can contact your Members of Congress today to encourage them to co-sponsor bills that would provide federal funding to support guardianship placements. Please, take a moment to familiarize yourself with the Kinship Caregivers Support Act, a proposed bill currently in the U.S. Senate. more...
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