The AARP Foundation Grandparenting Program strives to ensure that grandfamilies have the resources they need to strengthen their health, finances, and family connections. The Grandparenting Program provides national and local level information and referral for grandparents in their varying roles (with a special emphasis on grandparents who are raising grandchildren), and works collaboratively with a wide array of organizations, corporations, and individuals to increase outreach, resources and services for grandparents. Services/Resources: - Newsletter and Other Free Materials: A free quarterly newsletter for grandparents caring for grandchildren is published and available in English and Spanish, along with various other materials providing key information for grandparents. - State Fact Sheets for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children: State-specific fact sheets that identify public and private resources available to grandparents and other relative caregivers at the state and local level. - Local Grandparent Support Database - The only nationwide, searchable online database of supportive programs and services for grandparents and other relatives who are caring for children or facing visitation issues.

Offers confidential emotional support for women who are distressed by an unplanned pregnancy. Provides referrals for medical, legal, educational, and housing needs. Provides information on prenatal development, job search/career development, adoption, childbirth, child care options, and child safety issues.

Homeless Outreach and Case Management, Rapid Re-housing, Emergency Assistance/Basic Needs, First Step Pregnancy Support, Social Work Counseling, HUD housing counseling including Foreclosure Prevention and Pre-purchase education, SSI/SSDI/SOAR Specialist, Prison Re-entry Case Management.

Provides case management, support groups and special events for fathers. Provides basic information on how to establish paternity, visitation, and help with navigating the child support system. Provides support groups for fathers as well as various father/child activities and events. Provides linkage to social services needed, and encourages strengthening the bond between fathers and their child(ren).

Homeless Outreach and Case Management, Rapid Re-housing, Emergency Assistance/Basic Needs, First Step Pregnancy Support, Social Work Counseling, HUD housing counseling including Foreclosure Prevention and Pre-purchase education, SSI/SSDI/SOAR Specialist, Prison Re-entry Case Management.

Provides peer recovery support in a trusted relationship while identifying goals to create a more meaningful life. A peer has a similar lived experience and specialized training that models recovery while providing hope to clients with substance use and/ or mental health disorder diagnoses. They provide recovery support, link to community resources, connect to the recovery community, and establish relapse prevention plans. Services may be provided in the home, office, or virtually.

Provides supplemental food vouchers ("nutrition cards," similar to EBT or debit cards), nutrition education, counseling, support and referral services to eligible women, children, fathers, and kinship caregivers. Nursing mothers are provided with information and education on breastfeeding. Also offers speakers who discuss the program and the value of good nutrition and breastfeeding. During the summer also provides a supplemental voucher to each client for fruits and vegetables from selected local growers (Farmers' Market Nutrition Program). These are available while supplies last.

Provides financial rewards for keeping prenatal and well baby (checkups, lead screening, immunizations, flu shots) appointments. Members can redeem rewards for gift cards to retailers. Rewards are available for women getting preventive care such as dental exams, annual physicals, flu shots and more.

Provides mentors for parents whose newborn children are hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Mentors are parents who have experienced the hospitalization of their own newborns. They are matched with parents currently in similar situations. Mentors provide support, share resources, and listen to parents going through the experience. Mentors receive training to ensure they can assist.

Provides a wide array of prevention activities for local school and other community entities. PAX Good Behavior Game which increases individual child self-regulation skills; Programs addressing alcohol, tobacco and substance use; Suicide prevention; and Community Kernels to strengthen positive behaviors across the general population

Provides a program to help pregnant women ensure healthy pregnancies if they are dependent on opiates. The program provides prenatal and postpartum support for mothers and infants. Services include encouraging social supports, linking clients to community services and providing education about pregnancy and addiction. Also offers medically-assisted treatment and assists participants in preparing a plan for their detox after infant’s birth.

Offers a support group for mom, ran by moms. Offers childcare and meal for participants.

Offers childbirth education classes such as natural childbirth, lamaze, HypnoBirthing, relaxation techniques, multiple birth, bedrest and cesarean birth. Also offers classes for siblings and grandparents. Offers a yoga class for pregnant women focusing on relaxation and breathing. Also, offers instruction in infant massage for parents of babies up to one year of age. Also offers specialized counseling for women experiencing depression due to pregnancy or childbirth.

Callers receive information, support, and referral regarding a wide variety of adoption, foster care, and kinship care-related questions.

Provides residential substance abuse treatment for people who are in the late stages of addiction. Support and counseling are offered to family members of the individual in treatment.

provides information and support to fathers to help them develop stronger bonds with their children. Information on parenting is provided and fun parent-child activities are offered. Will refer the father to other community resources that may assist as needed (such as help with budgeting, understanding family law, and/or employment).

Provides residential substance abuse treatment for people who are in the late stages of addiction. Support and counseling are offered to family members of the individual in treatment.

Offers four (4) online support groups through the Facebook Groups feature. These groups are designed to help Connecting for Kids (CFK) subscriber families draw on each other's experiences and support each other in real time. The groups are moderated by Connecting for Kids administrators and available only to subscriber families. Groups available include: - CFK Families: Group for families to connect, ask questions, and support one another. - CFK Dads Only: Group for fathers and father figures. - CFK Gifted Children: Group for families with a child who has been classified as gifted or twice-exceptional (2e). - CFK Complex Needs: Group for families with a child who has been diagnosed with moderate-to-severe disabilities.

Provides weekly transit passes and referrals to programs to assist eligible families needing to travel to needed services. Service includes assistance with finding and using community services to support those expecting a child.

Provides programs administered by the state that provides medical benefits for individuals and families with limited incomes who fit into an eligibility group that is recognized by federal and state law. Programs include the following: - Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI): Medicaid for parents, caretaker relatives, pregnant women, newborns, children, extension adults, transitional Medicaid, and possible dual eligibility with Aged Blind and Disabled Medicaid and Medicare recipients. - Aged Blind and Disabled (ABD): Categorically Needy. Medicaid for 65 and older. Meets Social Security Administration (SSA) definition of blind or disabled. - MPAP: QMB, SLMB, QI-1, QWDI: Medicare Premium Assistance for those in receipt of Medicare. - MBIWD: Medicaid for individuals between ages of 16 and 64 who meet the SSA definition of blind and disabled and are working. Possible premium required. - SRS: Medicaid for those age 21 and over who are receiving SSI or SSDI, meet SRS diagnosis, and are in receipt of another Medicaid category. - Non-Citizen Emergency Medicaid Assistance (NCEMA): Apply at any time. Requires state approval to receive Medicaid eligibility and span. - LTC and Waiver Services: Medicaid for individuals in nursing facilities, assisted living, or home care.

Maintains information about community resources that are appropriate for fathers. Provides information and referrals to community agencies and organizations that offer specialized services related to fathers.

Provides assistance to those with child support enforcement or establishment matters. Advice and representation may be available in custody matters when the child's primary caretaker is threatened with loss of custody to a person who presents an imminent or long-term threat to the safety or well-being of the child. Advice on divorce matters is available and representation may also be available in very limited circumstances, generally involving past domestic violence in the household. Cooperates with local private attorneys who will file simple, uncontested divorces for a fee. Advice and/or assistance with "pro se" (D-I-Y) court filings is also available on a variety of other family issues including visitation, contempt of previous court orders, and adoption defense.

Provides assistance with paying for repair or purchase of appliances, personal expenses (clothing, child restraint seats, diapers, toiletries, and so forth), home furnishings (beds, mattress and box springs, kitchen table, chairs, and so forth). Provides assistance with paying for treatment, relocation, and education due to infestation of pest(s) including but not limited to bed bugs, fleas, rodents, roaches. Maximum amount of assistance will vary depending on what is needed.

Provides programs administered by the state that provides medical benefits for individuals and families with limited incomes who fit into an eligibility group that is recognized by federal and state law. Programs include the following: - Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI): Medicaid for parents, caretaker relatives, pregnant women, newborns, children, extension adults, transitional Medicaid, and possible dual eligibility with Aged Blind and Disabled Medicaid and Medicare recipients. - Aged Blind and Disabled (ABD): Categorically Needy. Medicaid for 65 and older. Meets Social Security Administration (SSA) definition of blind or disabled. - MPAP: QMB, SLMB, QI-1, QWDI: Medicare Premium Assistance for those in receipt of Medicare. - MBIWD: Medicaid for individuals between ages of 16 and 64 who meet the SSA definition of blind and disabled and are working. Possible premium required. - SRS: Medicaid for those age 21 and over who are receiving SSI or SSDI, meet SRS diagnosis, and are in receipt of another Medicaid category. - Non-Citizen Emergency Medicaid Assistance (NCEMA): Apply at any time. Requires state approval to receive Medicaid eligibility and span. - LTC and Waiver Services: Medicaid for individuals in nursing facilities, assisted living, or home care.

Surrounds pregnant and new mothers with support, education and resources in a weekly group program to ensure a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Services include prenatal and child birth education, medical referrals, talking with doctors and nurses, parenting resources, food assistance, baby items, as well as a healthy meal and the opportunity to socialize with other pregnant moms. Childcare and $5 Kroger gift card at each meeting. Transportation provided if needed.