A version of this conversation aired during Morning Edition on WVIA Radio.
According to AARP, 80,000 grandparents throughout Pennsylvania are the primary caregivers for their grandchildren. But grandparents raising grandchildren can face legal and financial hurdles that immediate parents do not.
WVIA’s Lydia McFarlane met some grandparents raising their grandchildren in Wyoming County, where they are trying to get more access to programs and financial support for their families and others like them…