Report Author: L'Don Sawyer Former Intern
Report Design: Daisy Langston Juarez, Communications Specialist
Deputy Director: Nancy Nelson
Communications Manager: Jan Costello
Intergenerational Programming Coordinator: Mary E. Selinski
Brandparents Raising Grandchildren Coordinator: Barb Schwartz

Dina Coates-Koebler, The Parent Place of Springfield
Molly Hofer, Kay Mayberry, and Cammy Seguin, University of Illinois Extension
Maralee I. Lindley
James R. Nelson, Illinois Department of Human Services
Mike Stehlin, Illinois Department of Public Aid
Melinda Woods
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Illinois Department of Public Health
IIllinois Task Force on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
AARP Grandparent Information Center, Washington, D.C.

Artwork provided by:
Cary L. Cohen: Illustrations for the cover,
pages 2, 6, 7 and 8.
Ms. Stevie's Project SCOPE class,
Jane Adams Elementary School, Springfield
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group,
Decatur

Funding for
this project was made possible
by a grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services.