SUPPORTING INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILIES Mary Lou Davis PhD Program Director and Mike Patton MSW Program Coordinator NATIONAL DATA 27 million grandparents responsible for their grandchildrens care ID: 760586
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HEALTHY GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM: SUPPORTING INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILIES
Mary Lou Davis, PhD, Program Director
and Mike
Patton,
MSW
, Program Coordinator
Slide2NATIONAL
DATA
2.7 million grandparents responsible for their grandchildren’s care40% have provided care for more than 5 years58% are still in the workforce21% grandparents live below the poverty level1 million children living with grandparents & neither parent present
Ellis & Simmons
(2014);
U. S.
Census
Bureau. (
2015; 2016)
Slide3Ellis & Simmons (2014)
Slide4NATIONAL
DATA
Ellis & Simmons (2014); National Kids Count (2015)
Slide5STATEWIDE
DATA
Estimates of 85,000 to 102,000 grandparents are responsible for their grandchildren’s care & neither parent present6th highest in the nation 78% increase over the past decade, compared to 18% nationally 41% have no parents of the children present in the home27% have provided care for more than 5 years 22% of children in foster care are in state-supervised relative foster care
AARP (2015); Ellis & Simmons (2014)
Slide6Children In The Care Of Grandparents
Data Provided by:
National KIDS COUNT
Definitions: The share of children under age 18 living in households where a grandparent provides that child's primary care. Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 through 2015 American Community Survey.
National Kids Count-The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2016)
Slide7REASON IN GRANDPARENT CARE
Child
Abuse/Neglect
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
Physical
and/or Mental Disease
Abandonment
Death of a Parent
Military Service
Teenage
Parent
Incarceration
Slide8MAJOR HARDSHIPS FOR GRANDPARENT CAREGIVERS
Access to information
Lack of financial
resources/living on fixed incomes
Social Isolation
Unfamiliar/frustrating
systems including the school, mental health, legal, and healthcare system
Respite Care
Slide9MAJOR HARDSHIPS FOR GRANDPARENT CAREGIVERS
Mental
health needs of the child and grandparents
No legal custody/access to legal system
Caring for children with special needs, both mental & physical
Childcare for working grandparents
Chronic Health Conditions
Slide10FUNDING
Established in January of 1999 through competitive renewal grants
DHR
Promoting Safe & Stable Families Program
(
Family Support & Adoption Support)
Area Agency on Aging (Kinship/Respite Care)
25% Matching
Funds from College of Nursing and Foundation Account
Slide11SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE PROGRAM
Case
Management Services to help link families to a variety of community resources and information
Monthly Support Group Meetings
Monthly In-Home Health Screenings/Counseling
Child
Custody/Adoption Assistance
Regular School Visits for children having behavior/academic problems
Community
Resource
Guide
Slide12SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE PROGRAM
Book Bags/School Supplies every school
yearAfter-School Enrichment FundingSummer Camp FundingPediatric Physicals Annual Christmas Party
Slide13FAMILIES SERVED BY THE PROGRAM
Nearly 2,000 grandparents are responsible for their grandchildren’s care in Richmond and Columbia CountiesProvided services to:400 families550 grandparents870 children
Slide14FAMILIES SERVED BY THE PROGRAM
60% are headed by single grandmothers
Over
48% of grandparents
are
still in the
workforce
Average
age of grandparents when they began raising their grandchildren is 51
Average
age of children when they began living with
their
grandparents is 4
½
52% DFCS confirmed child abuse/neglect cases
Slide15FAMILIES SERVED BY THE PROGRAM
44% of children
placed
with their grandparents by DFCS
17
% of children
placed
in foster care before coming to live with their grandparents
44
% of children have been diagnosed with either a physical, mental or neurological disorder
47% of children had no legal relationship with their grandparents upon enrolling into the program
90% of children have little to no contact with their mother compared to 96% with their father
Slide16ASSESSMENT TOOLS
North Carolina Family Assessment Scale
Family
Empowerment
Scale
Family Resource Scale
Family Support Scale
CES-D
Scale
Modified Health Survey
Satisfaction
Questionnaires
Slide17GOALS
Provide Permanency & Stability in Children’s Lives
Prevent Children from Entering or reentering the formal foster care system
Empower families to become more independent
Expand families’ support system
Increase/maintain school achievement
Reduce risk of
child maltreatment
Enable grandparents to effectively
cope with family stress
Slide18OUTCOMES
93% of children have remained in their grandparents care
4% went to live with other relatives other than their parents after the death of the grandparent
Reduced
non-custodial arrangements by almost 25%
Established full legal custody/adoption
for 27% of
children
served by the
program (234)
Increased adoptions by 13%
Slide19OUTCOMES
Reduced
children with no health insurance by 8%
High graduation rates, school attendance rates
Low teenage pregnancy rates and juvenile crime rates
Positive statistically significant change from pretest to posttest on all tools
(p<.01 to p<.05)
Family
Empowerment Scale showed
the greatest positive increase
Slide20ADVOCACY
Recommended changes to the juvenile codeEducational Outcomes of Children Raised by Grandparents Enrolled in the Healthy Grandparents Program
KINSHIP DAY AT THE CAPITAL 2016
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