{"id":5,"date":"2026-10-06T08:33:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandfamilyalliance.org\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-10-06T08:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:33:39","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grandfamilyalliance.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hero-section is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keeping Children Safe, Stable, and Connected<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grandfamilies Alliance is a national nonprofit dedicated to the economic security, housing stability, health, and wellbeing of grandfamilies \u2014 grandparents and relatives raising children when parents cannot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"\/our-work\">Our Work<\/a><\/div>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"\/get-involved\">Get Involved<\/a><\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group stats-bar has-primary-background-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#fff\">2.4M+<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Grandparents raising grandchildren across the U.S.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#fff\">250,000<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Children in NYC kinship care outside foster care<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#fff\">$1.3B+<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Spent annually on foster care in New York State alone<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">The Problem \u2014 and Our Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Across the United States, grandparents and relatives are raising millions of children to prevent foster care placement \u2014 yet they receive far less financial support than licensed foster parents, have almost no housing built for their needs, and navigate fragmented service systems alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Grandfamilies Alliance addresses all three gaps simultaneously: <strong>income, housing, and services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b6833e4b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:8px;padding:32px;background:#f0f6ff\">\n    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcb0 Pillar 1: Income Security<\/h3>\n    <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Monthly family preservation payments<\/li><li>Legal &amp; benefits navigation<\/li><li>KinGAP expansion<\/li><li><strong>NY Pilot: The Bronx<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  \n\n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:8px;padding:32px;background:#f0fff4\">\n    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfe0 Pillar 2: Affordable Housing<\/h3>\n    <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Purpose-built intergenerational townhome units<\/li><li>2\u20134 bedroom family-sized design<\/li><li>On-site services building<\/li><li><strong>CA Pilot: East Bay (Richmond\/Oakland)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  \n\n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:8px;padding:32px;background:#fff8f0\">\n    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\udd1d Pillar 3: Wraparound Services<\/h3>\n    <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mental health &amp; trauma care<\/li><li>Education &amp; tutoring support<\/li><li>Caregiver peer networks<\/li><li>State &amp; federal policy advocacy<\/li><\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Expected Outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"text-align:center;padding:24px\">\n    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Children<\/h3>\n    <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fewer foster care placements<\/li><li>Stronger educational outcomes<\/li><li>Stability within family<\/li><\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"text-align:center;padding:24px\">\n    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Caregivers<\/h3>\n    <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Increased household income<\/li><li>Improved health &amp; wellbeing<\/li><li>Reduced isolation<\/li><\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"text-align:center;padding:24px\">\n    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Systems<\/h3>\n    <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lower foster care costs<\/li><li>Replicable policy models<\/li><li>National proof of concept<\/li><\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background:#1a3a5c;padding:60px 40px;text-align:center\">\n<h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Why Now?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"max-width:700px;margin:0 auto 32px\">No national organization simultaneously develops Grandfamilies housing, pilots kinship income support, and integrates wraparound services. Grandfamilies Alliance fills that gap \u2014 building the proof that policy alone cannot.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-35f06ea7 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n  <div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"\/get-involved\">Get Involved<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping Children Safe, Stable, and Connected Grandfamilies Alliance is a national nonprofit dedicated to the economic security, housing stability, health, and wellbeing of grandfamilies \u2014 grandparents and relatives raising children when parents cannot. 2.4M+ Grandparents raising grandchildren across the U.S. 250,000 Children in NYC kinship care outside foster care $1.3B+ Spent annually on foster care [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandfamilyalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandfamilyalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandfamilyalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandfamilyalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grandfamilyalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandfamilyalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}