Information Resources:
National
Brookdale Foundation http://www.brookdalefoundation.org/relativesasparents.htm Generations United www.gu.org GrandParent Again www.grandparentingagain.com Grandparent Information Center www.aarp.org/granparents GrandsPlace www.grandsplace.org Social Security Benefits www.socialsecurity.gov Website to post questions and get information about dealing wtih government systems. http://grandfamiliesofamerica.com Website full of resources to help children, teens and parents succeed. www.sociallearning.com AARP's webpage to help those with lower incomes www.aarp.org/money/lowincomehelp/ GrandFamilies of America www.grandfamiliesofamerican.com USA.gov - Grandparents Raising Grandchildren http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Grandparents.shtml National - Attachment Disorders Family Attachment http://www.familyattachment.com Attachment http://www.attachment.org Attachment Experts http://www.attachmentexperts.com Institute for Attachment http://www.instituteforattachment.org Rad Kid http://www.radkid.org Reactive Attachment Disorder http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/reactiveattachmentdisorder State Family and Consumer Sciences http://fcs.tamu.edu/families/aging/grg The Legal Hotline for Texans http://www.tlsc.org/hotline.html Lone Star Legal Aid http://www.lonestarlegal.org/
Office of the Texas Attorney General http://www.oag.state.tx.us/child/index.shtml Child Support for Your Grandchild Texas Health and Human Services Commission http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/
Local
Caregiver Connection http://hcpc.uth.tmc.edu/senior_health/ A Caregiver Health Promotion Program
Collaborative for Children www.collaborativeforchildren.org
Harris County Area Agency on Aging http://www.houstontx.gov/health/Aging/ Harris County Community Youth Services
Resource Directory http://www.hc-ps.org/pdf_files/CYS%20Directory%202005.pdf
Harris County Social Services http://www.ss.hctx.net/
Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program http://www.ehvlp.org/clients/default.aspx
Interfaith Ministries Foster Grandparent Program http://www.imgh.org/fgp.htm
Neighborhood Centers Inc. http://www.neighborhood-centers.org//en-us/page.aspx?pageid=79#earlychildhood Early Childhood Development Centers , Early Head Start, and Head Start
Sheltering Arms Senior Services http://www.shelteringarms.org/
Texas Cooperative Extension- Harris County http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/ Educating Texans in the areas of agriculture, environmental stewardship, youth and adult life skills, human capital and leadership, and community economic development.
United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast http://referral.uwtgc.org/ United Way Community Resource Database