Pat Quinn, Governor |
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In Illinois, over 200,000 children under the age of 18 are living in a grandparent-headed home. More than 100,000 grandparents are caring for their grandchildren. The Illinois Department on Aging, in cooperation with the Illinois Task Force on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, works to locate, assist and promote awareness of older caregivers who are currently raising their family's children. The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program began in 1996 with a grant from the Brookdale Foundation. Additional legislative support has allowed the Department to expand the program, by...
Grandparents and older relatives over the age of 60 raising grandchildren/children are also eligible for services under the Illinois Family Caregiver Support Program. The five basic services offered to caregivers include...
For more information on the Caregiver Program, the local Area Agency on Aging is one of the first resources a caregiver should contact when help is needed. In addition, over 100 Caregiver Resource Centers throughout Illinois have been identified to link caregivers to services.
For more information on the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program, contact the Senior HelpLine. To contact your local Area Agency on Aging, see the information on the AAA page. See also publications and Web sites related to this program: |
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