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Happy Summer 2021!

On behalf of everyone at The Commission on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, we wish you all a happy, healthy, and safe summer! After this especially challenging and stressful year, it is important now more than ever to take time to slow down, take some deep breaths, enjoy the sunshine and warm weather.

Here is a summer self-care challenge:
VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUP

Check out the updated schedule for
The Commission's Virtual Support Group for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren:
Massachusetts Approved to Provide P-EBT for Families through Summer 2021
$280 million to support food security for more than 650,000 children

Massachusetts received federal approval to continue providing Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) benefits to families through summer 2021.

To see if you qualify and to learn more, click on the button below.
Summer Fun

Looking for ideas of activities to do with the kids this summer? Check out this site which lists activities from museums to indoor and outdoor amusement parks and water parks, beaches, zoos and ziplines, whitewater rafting and kayaking, and the largest family go cart track in New England. The most complete set of early American historic sites are here with tales to tell and there are great beaches and endless scenic places to stop, relax, and snap some pictures.
Kinship Navigator
Kinship Navigator is a program of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that assists all kinship caregivers (grandparents and other relatives) with accessing services for themselves and the children they are raising.
Who Wants Some Ice Cream?

Check out these spots across Massachusetts to get a cone, or five, of the best ice cream this state has to offer.