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amount grandparents and other relatives save taxpayers each year by raising children and keeping them out of foster care
Grandfamilies & Foster Care

GRAND SUCCESS The

2,485,000

397,091

Children Raised in Grandfamilies or Kinship Care

Children Raised in Foster Care

27

%

®

(108,822)

of Children in Foster Care are Raised in Grandfamilies or Kinship Care

4.9

1 in 10

MILLION

Grandparents live with their grandchildren

$

Grandparents Responsible for Grandchildren

Grandparents who live with their grandchildren are the head of the household

2.7 MILLION

$$

4

7.8

amount grandparents and other relatives save taxpayers each year by raising children and keeping them out of foster care

Children live in grandfamilies, where grandparents or other relatives are the householders

$

BILLION

MILLION

Grandparents are responsible for grandchildren

58

5+

PERCENT

21

PERCENT

40

of them are in the workforce

of them live below the poverty line

of them have provided care for more than 5 years

PERCENT

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