Grandfamilies: Stories of Children and the Loving Relatives Who Raise Them

A powerful firsthand look into the lives of grandparents and other relatives stepping in to raise children—and the people and policies that help them thrive.

Today in the US, more than 2.4 million children whose parents are unable to care for them live in grandfamilies, where they are raised by grandparents or other loved ones. Until recently, their experiences have been all but invisible.

These relative caregivers do time in waiting rooms and court hearings, put themselves at financial ri...