Relative Caregivers

NH FAPA recognizes that relative caregiving presents unique challenges and rewards. NH FAPA invites relative caregivers to participate in programming, support groups and other activities hosted & coordinated by NH FAPA. NH FAPA partners with NH RAPP (NH Relatives as Parents Project).

NH Relatives as Parents Project, a Web resource for New Hampshire “kinship caregivers,” grandparents and others raising or helping raise their relatives’ children. Professionals and volunteers who work with these kinship-care families will also find this site useful.

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, about six million children across the nation live in households headed by grandparents or other relatives. In New Hampshire, 12,458 children live with kinship caregivers, 3,869 of them in households without either parent present.

Kinship caregivers and the children they care for have needs and concerns beyond the usual challenges of childrearing. This Web site will help these families find both general and specific local information and support networks they need to:

Understand the relationship dynamics of kinship-care families
Meet children’s needs
Get legal help
Make ends meet
Connect with others in online and real-world support networks

NH RAPP is a program of UNH Cooperative Extension with funding from The Brookdale Foundation and NH-AARP.

Please take some time to visit the NH RAPP website. This website will provide more specific information and resources unique to relative caregiving.

To visit the NH RAPP Website:

http://extension.unh.edu/Family/NHRAPP/RAPP.htm

Granite State College- Education & Training Partnership has launched a series for relatives: https://www.events.unh.edu/RegistrationForm.pm?event_id=9271 Please visit the link for additional information.

A Resource Guide for NH Relative Caregivers Form

Through the kindness and generosity of local retailers, businesses and individuals, NH FAPA receives both cash and in-kind donations ranging from large grants to unique donations for our youth in care and our foster and adoptive families.

NH Foster and Adoptive Parent Association is a 501c3 non-profit organization. All donors will receive a tax deductible receipt for their contribution to the extent allowable by law. This makes giving to NH FAPA, easy and tax beneficial!

We are very excited to launch our new online donation system. If you would like to contribute to NH FAPA, it is now as easy as a click of your mouse!

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If you have any questions or would like more information, we would be happy to speak with you further. Call Jen Guillemette, Director of NH FAPA at (603) 717-5899 or email jenguill@comcast.net.