The Montana Minute

Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren


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More of Montana’s grandparents are now raising their grandchildren. Dr. Keith Anderson, Professor at the University of Montana explains what’s behind this increase in kinship care and how to best support families.

We have a lot of resources for this episode, see below for what was mentioned in our conversation.

  • Kinship Caregivers - https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f-kinshi/
  • Generations United - http://www.gu.org/
  • State of Grandfamilies - https://dl2.pushbulletusercontent.com/uhDY7UgdGYnOod6G7VFkdKnuzE3yALmr/17-InLovingArms-Grandfamilies.pdf
  • Grandfacts: Montana http://www.grandfamilies.org/Portals/0/State%20Fact%20Sheets/Grandfamilies-Fact-Sheet-Montana.pdf  
  • Grandfamilies.org - www.grandfamilies.org
  • Montana Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Project  http://www.montanagrandparents.org

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The Montana MinuteBy University of Montana--Center for Children, Families and Workforce Development

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