PRINTER'S NO. 1989
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
390
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY PASHINSKI, THOMAS, WATSON, FREEMAN, VAZQUEZ,
MILLARD, READSHAW, BULLOCK, SCHLOSSBERG, DeLISSIO, WARREN,
V. BROWN, TOOHIL, KORTZ AND SAMUELSON, JUNE 13, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, JUNE 13, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to study the
trend of grandfamilies in Pennsylvania and report its
findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.
WHEREAS, Grandfamilies, or kinship families, are families in
which children reside with and are being raised by grandparents,
other extended family members and adults with whom they have a
close family-like relationship, including godparents and close
family friends; and
WHEREAS, In Pennsylvania, more than 195,000 children are
living with their grandparents; and
WHEREAS, More than 88,000 Pennsylvania grandparents are
householders responsible for their grandchildren who live with
them, and of these households nearly 29,000 do not have the
child's parents present in the home; and
WHEREAS, Nearly one-third of grandparents raising
grandchildren are 60 years of age or older, nearly 60% are in
the work force and nearly 20% are living in poverty; and
WHEREAS, For every child in foster care with relatives, there
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