The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network: A National Technical Assistance Center* is funded through a five-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living (ACL). Generations United is coordinating the work of five partners, the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, the National Indian Child Welfare Association, USAging, ZERO TO THREE, and Child Trends. A diverse steering committee of the nation’s leading experts on kinship and grandfamilies, including caregivers from the GRAND Voices Network, also support the Network:
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- Alexandra Ashbrook, JD, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
- Terry Cross, DHL, National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA)
- Joseph Crumbly, PhD
- Angelique Day, PhD, MSW, University of Washington
- GRAND Voice Gail Engel
- Jatrice Martel Gaiter, JD, Volunteers of America (VOA)
- Marina Nitze, New America Foundation Fellow
- Melinda Perez-Porter, JD, Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP)
- Heidi Redlich Epstein, JD, MSW, American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law
- GRAND Voice Sarah Smalls
- Tyreasa Washington, PhD, LCSW, Child Trends
- Nancy Young, PhD, Children and Family Futures
- Lisa Zetley, MD, American Academy of Pediatrics
* The Network is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $9,950,000 with 95 percentage funded by ACL/HHS and $523,684 and 5 percentage funded by non-government sources. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.