Using qualitative data collected from fifty-eight African American grandmothers raising
grandchildren in skipped-generation households (SGHs), I reveal how and why women in …

Today's low-income families must patch together their own safety nets from disparate
sources of assistance within a context of budget cuts and the growing need for services …

Poverty, a social determinant of health, disproportionately affects families with children.
Public and private safety nets, or support networks available in times of need, can help …

Older women are key financial and practical caregivers in contemporary low-income, multi-
generational households. A large volume of research has shown how this burden of care …

As a consequence of increased divorce rates, the proliferation of single-parent families, and
patterns of economic stagnation, parents are increasingly relying on extended family to care …

Grandparent caregiving has received increased attention in recent years, and grandparent-
grandchild families have generated several public policy concerns, including whether …

Using data from the National Survey of America's Families, this study examines the
economic well-being of grandparent-headed households. It also examines the extent to …

As welfare reform unfolds, nonprofit social service agencies will increasingly be called upon
to help fill the gap between what unskilled and semiskilled mothers can earn in the low …

Growing numbers of African American grandmothers are raising grandchildren under the
auspices of the child welfare system; however, little is known about the manner in which …

High poverty urban areas in the US are over-burdened by early adult death and disability,
yet there has been little documentation of how early parental death impacts youth residing in …