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Michigan
Lean on me
When you're not strong
I'll give you hope
I'll help you carry on
We all need somebody to lean on.
from the song
Nothing
is more true than this song when it comes to grandparents raising
grandchildren. Together we can ease the pain, share the good
times and help one another to grow and be the best we can be
for our grandchildren, our families and ourselves. To be with
others who know exactly what we are going through is so healing.
Some have been there and done that and can help us past the
rough spots and can give us hope that we too can not only survive
this new adventure of raising grandchildren but flourish and
bring forth a new generation of responsible human beings. What
better goal could a person have.
Below is a
list of the support groups that we know about in your state.
If you know of a support group in this state Please contact
kathy@grandsplace.org..
Grandparents Raising
Grandkids Support Group
Every second Tuesday
of every month. 6:00pm to ?
Held at 814 Hammont St.
Owosso, Michigan 48867
Contact Person: Rose
Baker 989-729-7031
E-mail: lobsterlady948867@yahoo.com
Relatives as Parents
Program
Dan & Glenda Levandusky
Eaton County
Coordinators
Relatives as
Parents Program
705 McLaughlin St.
Eaton Rapids, Mi., 48827
1-877-819-RAPP
At present we represent
six counties of families participating in our group.
We have a mailing list of over 100 and are also members
of Strong Families/Safe Children in Eaton County.
Grandparent Support
Program
is a program for kinship
care families living in Saginaw County, Michigan. Program
offers care management services, support groups, children's
groups and a monthly newsletter. Adult support groups
meet on Tuesdays and Wednesday. Tuesday groups meets
from 4 to 5:30p.m. at the Faith Lutheran Church,
4241 Williamson, Bridgeport,
MI.
Wednesday group meets
from 1 to 2:30p.m.
at the Eleanor Frank
Multipurpose Center, 2355 Schust, Saginaw, MI. For more
information call 517-797-6884
Grandparents Support
Group
4th. Monday of month7:00pm
Child care in building
American Red Cross
205 E. SuperiorAlma,
Michigan 48801
Contact Judith
Anger
517-463-3209 day
517-463-3321 nighTS
& week end
E-mail maddlady@power-net.net
Relatives as Parents
(called R.A.P.)
sponsored by C.S.O.
(County Services
of Oakland), meetings are held in Ferndale on Nine Mile
Road near Woodward Ave.
Life Guidance Services
1400 Leonard NE
Grand Rapids, MI
49505
Kelley Worth 616-774-0633
We offer services
to grandparents raising their grandchildren through
our Grandparent Resource Center. Three times
per year, we have six week support groups for grandparents
and grandchildren . After a grandparent family
has attended our six week program, we also have a
monthly alumni group available. Available during
the working week, we take calls from grandparents
to provide emotional support or a community referral,
through our warm line. We have a quarterly newsletter
gong our to all of our grandparents alumni.
We have just started a grandparent mentoring program.
If you are a grandparent and live in the West Michigan
area, please call us: We can help.
Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren"
4750 Woodward Detroit,Michigan
48202
We are a non-profit organization
that service the Elderly population
ages 50 and Up.
Contact persons : Tonya
Kelley-Gregory or Erroll Young
Grandparent Support
Program
Thursdays from 9:30 to
11a.m.
Animal Control Building,
1312 Gratiot,
Saginaw MI
Kinship Care Services
Calhoun Intermediate
School District
17111 G Drive North
Marshall, MI 49068
(616) 789-2434 - phone
(616) 781-8792 - fax
Service area includes
all of Calhoun County with support groups (day &
evening) meeting in Albion, Battle Creek. and Tekonsha
for all relative caregivers. Other services
include: Advocacy, Information & Referal, Lending
Library, Parent/Family Education Workshops, Quarterly
Conferences, and Staff Development Training for area
service providers.
The Grandparents Rights Organization has been in existence since
1984. We are a nonprofit (501c) organization that advocates and works for
laws to protect the grandparent/grandchild relationship. I have personally
taken (pro bono) the case where Michigan's Court of Appeals ruled our grandparent
visitation statute unconstitutional to our Supreme Court. Presently we
are waiting for a ruling from our high court. To get more information about
our organization you can access our website at: grandparentsrights.org.
Thank you for adding us to your resource list.
Sincerely,
Richard S. Victor
Grandparents Rights Organization
100 West Long Lake Rd., Suite 250
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304
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Grandparent Support Groups
Berrien, Cass anf Van Buren Counties in Michigsn
Our phone is 616-983-7058 or toll-free 1-877-660-2725
Berrien meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month 10:30 a.m. - 13:30
p.m.
Area Agency on Aging
2900 Lakeview Ave.
St. Joseph, MI 49022
Cass meets the 3rd Thursday of each month
Cass Council on Aging
Cassopolis, MI 49031
Van Buren meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month
Conference Center
490 ½ S. Paw Paw St.
Lawrence, MI 49064
Grandparents Support Group,
meet other grandparents who are raising their grandchildren and gain
insight and parenting support. Activities for children age 4 and older.
7-9 p.m. Wed. Ongoing, meets the third Wednesday of each month. Free. Verkuilen
Building Senior Services Auditorium, Entrance C, 21885 Dunham Road, Clinton
Township. (586) 493-0664.
R.O.C.K.I.N.G.
P.O. Box 96
Niles, MI 49120
Contact: Mary Fron
(616) 683-2058
Get A Grip.........Grandparents Into Parenting Warm Line........1-888-920-2496.......an
informatrion and referral toll free phone number for Grandparents who are
raising Grandchildren.......A program for Behavioral Health&Wellness
Network.......Funding provided by the area Angency on Aging of Western
Michigan.
Grandparents Support Group
4th. Monday of month 7:00 PM
Child care in building
American Red Cross
205 E. SuperiorAlma
Michigan 48801
Contact Judith Anger
517-463-3209 day
517-463-3321 nights & week end
E-mail
maddlady@power-net.net
Hear My Voice
1100 N. Main Street, Suite #201
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1059
Relatives As Parents Program-Kinship Care Network
Of Eaton and Ingham Counties
Daniel & Glenda Levandusky--Coordinators
705 McLaughlin Street-Eaton Rapids, Mi., 48827
1-877-570-RAPP (7277) or 1-517-663-2164
Meets twice monthly.Potluck/support meetings, child care provided.
Respite monthly. Annual statewide picnic first Sunday in August. This year
Senator Abraham has asked Congress in D.C. to proclaim August 1st as a
"National Day of Recognition" for kinship caregivers. Presently, this resolution
is waiting for President Clinton to sign the proclamation.
Feel free to contact us for any further inform
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren"
4750 Woodward Detroit,Michigan 48202
We are a non-profit organization that service the Elderly population
ages 50 and Up.
Contact persons : Tonya Kelley-Gregory or Erroll Young
Grandparent Support Program
Thursdays from 9:30 to 11a.m.
Animal Control Building,
1312 Gratiot,
Saginaw MI
Kinship Care Services
Calhoun Intermediate School District
17111 G Drive North
Marshall, MI 49068
(616) 789-2434 - phone
(616) 781-8792 - fax
Service area includes all of Calhoun County with support groups (day
& evening) meeting in Albion, Battle Creek. and Tekonsha for all relative
caregivers. Other services include: Advocacy, Information & Referal,
Lending Library, Parent/Family Education Workshops, Quarterly Conferences,
and Staff Development Training for area service providers.
Kinship Care Services
Holly White
Calhoun Intermediate School District 17111 G Dr North
Marshall, MI 49068
Phone: 616-789-2434
Fax: 616-781-8792
E-mail:
whiteh@calhoun-isd.k12.mi.us
Primary Type of Group
Kinship Care
Populations Served
Transracial/Transcultural, Adoptive Parents, Foster Parents, Kinship
Care Providers, Pre-Adoptive Parents, Legal Guardians, Special Needs
Group Activities
resource library, advocacy assistance, children's meetings, social
activities, support group meetings, educational meetings, teen meetings,
information, newsletter
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Did You Know
Grandparents that lack
a good support network are at a high risk for depression
and other stress related illness.
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