Resource Links
The organizations listed and linked below can be valuable assets as families navigate the legal, financial, emotional and physical requirements of caring for grandchildren as primary care providers.
We are always interested in adding other high quality support links to this page, so if you know of a good one, please let us know!
CASA Rochester is the highly respected local arm of a national organization. They work as Court Appointed Special Advocates® (CASA) who stand up and speak out to help abused and neglected children.
CASA Rochester‘s program belongs to a network of over 950 community-based programs that recruit, train and support citizen-volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in courtrooms and communities.
New York State’s Office of Children and Family Services has a wealth of information about the legal rules of adoption.
The webpage also outlines a variety of factors that they explore during the adoption process.
A short video introduction is linked here.