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Support Groups
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..
Grandparent/Kinship
Support Group
Calvary
Baptist Church,
Pine
Tree Roadat Tenneryville Road,
Longview,
Texas 75604. Longview, Texas
6:30
PM first Thursday of every month
contact
Marilyn Beede 903-759-0475
e-mail:
mbeede@sbcglobal.net
This
is a support group of individuals who are raising
another family member's
child
or children. The meeting is open to anyone who
is involved in the
full
time care-giving of his or her grandchildren or kin.
We provide
emotional
support as well as helping to meet financial concerns,
legal
issues,
childcare, discipline problems and issues with the
schools as
well
as issues regarding health insurance. Childcare
is provided during
the
group time.
Child-Grandparent
Access, Inc.
1060
W. Frankford Rd. Suite 203
Old
Denton Bus. Pk. PMB 172
Carrollton,
Texas 75007-4941
972-394-6896
alexandrafincher@hotmail.com
We
are a non-profit organization dedicated to informing
grandparents of the laws of the State of Texas pertaining
to Child/Grandparent Access and visitation rights.
We also endeavor to help Grandparents with legal
fees on a per case basis. Our meetings or
every other month on the 3rd Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m. We have guests speakers, open
forums and educational seminars. We also participate
very closely with Texas Fathers for Equal Rights.
Our next meeting is on April 16, 00 at Sonny Bryan's
Smoke House-West End 302 N. Market, Dallas, Texas
75202. Our web page is http://www.grandparentaccess.org/
Circle
Of Love
Escape
Family Resource Center
Houston
Texas
Offers
short-term support group for grandparents raising
grandchildren. We meet for 6 weeks, 1 1/2
hours a week. We offer parenting skills classes,
talk, about relationships with adult children, the
rewards and challenges of raising grandchildren,
and the legal and financial problems encountered
in raising grandchildren. We have a wonderful
family lawyer who volunteers her time to let grandparents
know their rights. We even have free babysitting
in a playcare situation. To find out
more about it, contact Martha Smith at (713)
942-9500.
Grandparents
Raising Grandchildren
Aberdeen
City Hall - 200 East Market St. - 3rd Floor Meeting
Room
Every
Monday - 10:30 AM - NOON
CONTACT:
Mary Phillips - 360-532-9227
Grandparents United - Texas
("TexasGrands"),
texasgrands@yahoogroups.com.
Contact Sandra Horton,
512/376-7167 or
merissasmimi@yahoo.com
The Bexar Area Agency on Aging has started two support groups
for grandparents or older relatives who are raising children under the
age of 18 in the Bexar County area. One group is held every other Friday
starting October 10th at the Gardendale Elementary School. The other group
will be monthly starting November 3rd at Northside ISD. The meetings are
free and open to the public. The group will feature discussions and guest
speakers focusing on issues affecting grandparents and other relatives
raising children under 18. Please join us! For information contact Irene
Alvarez at 431-6373 or Nellie Garay at 362-5271.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
meets first Monday of every month at 6:30 at
"The Parenting Center" 2928 West 5th St, Fort Worth 817-332-6348
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Saturdays of the month at
St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 915 N. Jupiter Road, Garland. Call
972-276-1656.
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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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