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   Grandparent Visitation
This document contains information about grandparents' rights to visit their grandchildren.
By: Atlanta Legal Aid Society  
  
   
   $50 Supplement and Emergency Cash Grant for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
DFCS adopted regulations on the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program providing for a $50.00 per month, per child additional TANF supplement. The regulations also provide for an emergency grant called: GRG Emergency/Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP), which is a one time only cash payment equal to up to 3 times the maximum TANF benefit for the Assistance Unit (AU) size.
By: Georgia Legal Services Program  
  
   
   About the Georgia Legal Services Kinship Care Adoption Project
The Georgia Legal Services Program Kinship Care Project provides critical legal help and outreach to low-income grandparents and other relative caregivers of children who need stable loving homes.
By: Georgia Legal Services Program  

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   Kinship Care: Legal Relationships and Public Benefits Guide
Information for relative caregivers adopting children including definitions of benefits and adoption
By: Atlanta Legal Aid Society  
  
   
   Relative Adoption Benefits Can Affect Your Eligibility for Other Benefits Programs This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Adoption can change healthcare coverage or other benefits programs.
By: Georgia Legal Services Program  
  
   
   Relative Adoption: Issues about Access to Education
A school must allow the child to go to school for 30 days while waiting for proof of age, residence, or other requirements. The school may give more time for special reasons. The family?and not the school?should make the decision about the type of relationship that helps the family.
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