Grandfamilies Get Help.

• Position: Stateline - Guardians receive financial aid - Brief Article

New Jersey is now offering compensation to thousands of grandparents and other relatives who serve as guardians to children whose parents are gone or unfit to raise them. There are an estimated 85,000 children in the state who live with relatives other than their parents. Monthly stipends of $250 per child are available, The bill took over a decade to pass and had to overcome opposition from those...