Kinship Caregiver Coalition
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The Kinship Caregiver Coalition ( formerly GP/GCI )In 1996, community partners contacted the Center for Healthy Communities (CHC) and suggested that the needs of grandparents raising grandchildren be explored. One partnering agency had observed a significant increase in the number of grandparents seeking services at their organization who were primary caretakers of their grandchildren.
The CHC invited a group of fourteen health and social service organizations serving Montgomery County (Dayton), Ohio to meet and discuss the issues and problems facings these grandparents. The group formed a coalition, the Grandparents/Grandchildren Initiative (GP/GCI), to share information and discuss services currently provided to grandparents and the children in their care. With the support and encouragement of the coalition, the CHC submitted a grant proposal to the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for program funding, and was awarded a four-year Community Integrated Services System grant on October 1, 1997. The program goals were to a) increase knowledge and awareness of the caregiver families and their needs among the education, health, housing and human/social
service providers in the Dayton area and
b) to develop more responsive public policy to address special concerns of the kinship families in the community. The coalition has grown to over forty health and social services agencies
that meet quarterly and discuss issues and problems facing
kinship caregivers. Changing the name from the GP/GCI reflects the expanded focus of the group. The coalition remains
responsive to all kinship caregivers and their issues. The coalition currently has three standing committees: Education,
Policy and HB 130 Task Force.
Activities
State DemographicsDemographic Profile of Grandparents (Census 2000) Age: The average age of an Ohio grandparent raising and caring for grandchildren is 55 years. Sex: 87 percent of Ohio grandparents raising and caring for grandchildren are female, and 13 percent are male. Household Income: 51 percent of Ohio grandparents live in households with incomes of less than $30,000. Employment Status: 45 percent of Ohio grandparents are currently employed; 22 percent are retired, disabled, or unemployed and 33 percent say they are "keeping house." Local DemographicsCurrently (2005) the Kinship Navigator program provides services to 140 families caring for over 300 children. Ninety percent of our caregivers are grandparents. Age: The ages of the relative caregivers range from age 25 to 83. Sex: 95 percent of the relatives caring for the children are female, and 5 percent are male. Household Income: 55 percent of the caregivers are receiving OWF; the majority of caregivers are low income and single parent households. Employment Status: 28% attending school, 26% disability, 12% retired, 26% employed. Family Race/Ethnicity: 56% Black, 34% white, 1% Hispanic, 9% no data.
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