This month is a time to recognize the grandparents, relatives, and close family friends who step up to raise children when their parents cannot. Kinship caregivers take on this role with love and dedication, often while navigating unexpected challenges and limited resources.
Please lend a hand to these heroes with a donation to Step Up Parents.
Step Up Parents provides financial assistance to kinship caregivers in New Hampshire and Southern Maine who are raising the children of parents with substance use disorder. Even heroes need a hand.
Kinship caregivers are relatives or friends who step up to care for, nurture and protect children who find themselves without a responsible parent or safe place to live. For these caregivers, the most immediate need is often financial. Step Up Parents responds by striving to meet every family’s individual needs, whether it is aid with the cost of daycare, clothing, baby supplies, music lessons, legal fees or a special camp for a struggling child.
When their oldest daughter was no longer able to care for her three young grandchildren due to her struggle with substance abuse disorder, Elle & Barry heroically stepped up. Hear how Step Up Parents was able to offer support.
Explore ways you can feel supported as a kinship hero.
Apply to have Step Up Parents provide financial assistance.
Apply for a $1,000 scholarship for post high school education.
Support more loving kinship caregivers like the ones you've learned about here by donating. Any little bit can help a hero in need.
