The role of federal policies in supporting grandparents raising grandchildren families: The case of the U.S

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 5-20

  Smith, Carrie Jefferson ^a   Beltran, Ana ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Center on Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising children   (United States)

Author keywords

Family Caregiver Support Program; Generations; Grandparent caregiver; Intergenerational agenda; Relative kinship care

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944370067     PISSN: 15350770     EISSN: 15350932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J194v01n02_02     Document Type: Article

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