A grandparents caregiver support group has started in Mineral County. The group, called Montana Kinship Navigator Program, will hold meetings on Mondays from 2 to 4 p.m. at Whipped Up Cafe in Alberton. The facilitor is AnnaMarie White (second right) along with husband Ron (right). They care for their three grandchildren Ava, Olivia and Penelope (left to right). (Photo Courtesy AnnMarie White)
March 20, 2019
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Support group started for grandparents raising grandchildren
In Montana, more than 7,400 grandparents are raising their grandchildren without parental involvement. These children come to them because of family crisis and the relative parents are often ill-equipped to deal with the emotional, physical, financial and social hardships of raising children “a second time around”.