Some helpful resources, assistance and support services that have been complied include:
· The Gap Program - provides services to grandparents and other relatives who care for children in the absence of parents
· Texas Health and Human Services Commission – provides assistance to Texas grandparents caring for grandchildren living in their home.
· Grandparent's Page (Visitation Rights) The Attorney General of Texas - In Texas, a court can authorize grandparent visitation of a grandchild if visitation is in the child's best interest.
· AARP Texas Fact Sheet for Grandparents
· Grandparents Raising Grandchildren State Resources provides public benefits available to grandparents