Kinship care stories
Read the touching stories of kinship families throughout New Hampshire and Southern Maine who have received support from Step Up Parents.
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For Karen, asking for help has never been easy. But when financial hardship made it difficult to keep up with rent while caring for her grandson, G, she reached out to Step Up Parents.
When Heather and William welcomed their teenage niece into their home, they already had two young children of their own. Becoming caregivers to a teenager was not something they had planned for, but when their niece Mikayla needed a safe place to go, they knew what they had to do.
When Shannon became the primary caregiver for her grandson at just 2½ years old, she never imagined the journey they would take together.
