Did You Know? One in every ten children in the US lives in a household headed by someone other than their parents. About 20% live below the poverty line, and less than 30% receive any public financial assistance for the child. Most have experienced the loss and grief associated with the absence, of the birth parents. None anticipated they would be raising another child! Within Brevard County 8,000 of children are being raised by someone other than their parents, that’s enough children to fill 10 public schools. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren of Brevard began in 1994 as a volunteer grandparent support group. Today the organization provides support and service to over 1400 grandparents and their families, and is the only organization of its kind in Brevard County.
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren of Brevard County, Florida is a 501 (c)3 non-profit community based organization
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren “Welcome to the Family” Now it is our responsibility to teach our grandchildren and to provide a safe, stable and loving home.
123 Barton Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955
GRG-BREVARD.ORG
of Brevard County, Florida
Providing an abused or neglected child with a safe home and becoming his or her caregiver can be a rewarding experience.
Relative Caregivers Grandparents Raising Grandchildren of Brevard provides intensive services that promote self-sufficiency, safety, health and well-being of the child and family. For many generations, extended families have raised children in their homes when birth parents were unable to do so. Through this type of child rearing, also known as kinship care or relative-care, children are often spared the stress and disruptive experiences associated with the separation of their families.
LOOKING FOR A PLACE CALLED HOME… Grandparents Raising Grandchildren of Brevard provides support to relative caregivers who accept placement of related children. Identifying financial, social, health and legal resources can be confusing, time consuming, embarrassing and difficult. Within Brevard County, we have created our organization to help locate the resources needed. Our Mission is to provide advocacy, support, information, and referral to grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. GRG supports and services include social activities, support group meetings throughout the county, training, respite, and information and referral services. It is widely recognized for its advocacy work in Brevard County, Florida. Our Vision is that one day all children will live in a safe loving home with relatives that will help them to develop into their full potential. Having a family, living in a place you can call home and knowing that someone will always be there for you is something everyone needs, especially children. .
Get Involved These relative care families are loving and stable, but they need and deserve the additional support and recognition of community leaders and the public to help them build the strongest possible futures for their children. Our volunteer staff needs people with all kinds of different backgrounds, talents and skill levels. And, if you need training, we'll provide it. Our corporate supporters have become part of a network that donates their time, money and energy to the work of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren of Brevard. We thank them for their gifts and we are privileged to put their compassion into action. We are an independent 501c3 nonprofit community-based organization, all donations are tax deductible. Please contact us so we can make a difference together.
Relative caregivers are important for children because they: · Provide love and nurturance; · Provide a safe home; · Let children live with people they know and trust; · Reinforce a child's sense of identity and positive self-esteem; · Help children make and sustain extended family connections; · Continue lifelong family traditions and memories, and · Support children in building healthy relationships.
Our motto is “The Child First”