➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Why more grandparents are raising children
Stateline – November 02, 2016
The number of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren is going up and increasingly it’s because their own kids are addicted to heroin or prescription drugs, or have died from an overdose. For some, it’s a challenge with little help available. Information Gateway resource: Supporting Kinship Families: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/outofhome/kinship/support/
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2016/11/02/why-more-grandparents-are-raising-children