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Sunday, July 27, 2014

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More grandparents raising their grandkids

According to 2010 U.S. Census data, 4.9 million American children are being raised solely by their grandparents. The number is almost double that of the 2000 Census -- 2.4 million.
Many times situations arise where a child can no longer safely reside with their biological parent or legal guardian. Mary Jane Di Paolo, assistant director of Community Child Care Solutions, said the state's Department of Child and Families first looks for relatives and family friends who may be familiar to the child to provide care.
"Grandparents provide similar family values that the parent was raised with. This could be a comfort to both the parent and child," she said.
According to the official government Web portal usa.gov, an increasing number of births to unmarried teen mothers, a high divorce rate and epidemics of HIV/AIDS, fetal alcohol syndrome and illegal drug use (especially methamphetamine) leave many children orphaned, or with parents unable to care for them. Other factors can include abuse, homelessness, poverty and health care costs. Grandparents are also living longer and are more physically capable than previous generations.

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