From the website:  The Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center is a collaboration between Casey Family Programs, the American Bar Association's Center on Children and the Law and Generations United.

The Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center serves as a national legal resource created to educate individuals about state laws and legislation in support of grandfamilies and to assist interested state legislators, advocates, caregivers, attorneys, and other policymakers in exploring policy options to support relatives and the children in their care both within and outside the child welfare system. This resource center consists of:

• a searchable database of current laws and pending legislation;
• topical analyses, which include summaries and comparisons of state laws, legislative trends, and practical advocacy and implementation information;
• powerful personal stories from grandfamilies; and
• other relevant internet resources.

Additionally, the ABA and Generations United staff are available to provide technical assistance and training to state policymakers and advocates or other interested parties.

Please note that only statutes and legislation are contained in this database. This website is a work in progress. Materials not yet included are: regulations, policy manuals, and information about practices. Additionally, not all statutes or legislation for each category listed are incorporated. If you are aware of a current statute, piece of legislation, or other materials that should be included on this website, please send them to us as we are hoping to expand this website in the future. These materials can be sent via email to Heidi Redlich Epstein at ABA at redlichh@staff.abanet.org.

The Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center supports Casey Family Program's 2020 Vision, for comprehensive change in the child welfare system. The Resource Center includes links to laws giving preference to placement with relatives, making it less likely that children will enter the formal system in the first place. Subsidized guardianship and other laws promote the placement of children, who already are in non-relative foster care, with relatives. Casey Family Program's primary goal is to ensure that every child has a safe, permanent family. By the year 2020, Casey and its partners will work to reduce the number of children in foster care by 50 percent and improve self-sufficiency of those who remain in the system.

Casey Family Programs, ABA, and Generations United gratefully acknowledge support from Annie E. Casey and the National Conference of State Legislatures. Legal Research conducted courtesy of Westlaw