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A new Generations United report reveals that grandparents and other relatives raising children save taxpayers more than $10.5 billion every year by keeping the children out of foster care, but they do it at great personal cost.
Many live on fixed incomes and step in with little warning to care for children who have faced trauma, substance use, or loss. They stretch every dollar to provide stability and love, yet most receive little to no support. These families need help now.
Our 2025 State of Grandfamilies and Kinship Care update, The Costs of Caregiving: Why Supporting Grandfamilies & Kinship Care is Good for Children and Our Nation’s Economy, highlights:
- National data on the economic and social impact of kin caregivers
- The challenges families face in providing stability and care
- Policy solutions that are cost-effective, targeted, and bipartisan-friendly
- State-by-state data on the number of children being raised in kinship families