About Us

The Missouri GrandFamily Coalition is organized for the purpose of supporting Grandfamilies and providing statewide leadership to this population and:

• Educating/Disseminating sound information
• Convening for action on relevant issues 
• Incubating new ideas; 
• Serving as a repository for assistance
• Promoting/Sharing best practices with grandparents/kinship caregivers, and
• Developing and increase a diverse relative caregiver leadership base

Coalition member agencies include:

AARP

The Children’s Home Society of Missouri

University of Missouri Extension

Department of Corrections: Moberly Correctional Center

4-H

SEMO Area Agency on Aging

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri

Internal Revenue Service

Parents As Teachers

Practical Parenting Partnerships

St. Louis Area Agency on Aging

Department of Health and Senior Services

Family Support Division

Missouri Head Start

Children’s Mercy Family Friends Program

CASPP

Missouri Child Care Resource and Referral

Mid-East Area Agency on Aging

Midwest Foster Care and Adoption

Missouri Children’s Division