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Support Groups

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Kinship Support Groups Sorted by Location - Find help near you!
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Central Bucks/Montgomery County
Lenape Valley Presbyterian Church

321 W Butler Ave, New Britain, Pa 18901

Beth Jester: 215-345-1099

Bcgrandfamilies@gmail.com

https://www.lenapevalleychurch.org

Meetings every other Monday from 6-7:30 PM

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Lower Bucks/Montgomery County

Acts of Grace Church

1609 Woodbourne Rd., suite 403B​

Levittown (back of the complex)

Meetings every other Monday from 6-7:30 PM

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Carbon County

Kinship Group by Behavioral Health Associates

413 Bridge Street, Weissport, PA 18235

Terry Berger: 610-379-9304

Contact Terry to sign up and for current meeting times. This is a closed group which allows new members to begin after each 10 week cycle

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Chester County

Grandfamilies Support Group

Coatesville Center for Community Health

1001 E Lincoln Hwy

Coatesville, PA 19320

Deborah Willett: 610-246-2261 

DWillettAdvocacy@gmail.com

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Clearfield County

Rellies

1505 Robinson Ave,
Hyde Pa 16843

Stefanie Shepler814-765-3353

sshepler@ccleaguess.com

Bimonthly Meetings on Thursdays: CALL for schedule of current dates and times
*open house on Nov. 14, 2024 from 3:00-6:00pm
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RAPP - Children's Aid Society

1008 South Second Street
Clearfield, PA 16830

​Shannon Kelly

814-765-2686

rapp@childaid.org

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Crawford County
YWCA Titusville

201 N. Franklin St, Titusville, PA 16354

814-827-2746

Meeting 4th Tuesday at 10 A.M. (Free)

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Cumberland County​

Grands Raising Kids

The Bosler Library

158 West High Street

Carlisle, PA 17013

Donna Hale: 717-701-0557

https://www.grandsraisingkids.org/what-we-do/

Meetings: First Tuesday of each month 10:30 am-12:30 pm

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YWCA

301 G Street, Carlisle, Pa

717-243-3818

Meeting 1st Tuesday

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Dauphin County

G.I.F.T.S.

Dolorez Cobb-Jones

717 686-9237

info@GIFTSgiveLIFE.com

*Call or email for current meeting times

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Delaware County

​Grands Stepping Up

887 Fairfax Road, Drexel Hill, PA 19026

Karen Barnes: 610-355-6362

hello@grandssteppingupinfo.com
https://grandssteppingupinfo.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pg/GrandsSteppingUp/about/?ref=page_internal
 

Lancaster County
Coby's Family Services

444 Murry Hill Circle, Lancaster, PA 17601

Abby Keiser: 717-435-8139

http://www.cobys.org

Meets every Tuesday from 8:00-9:00 PM

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Lackawanna County

Parents: A Second Time Support Group

Throop Civic Center 
500 Sanderson St Throop, PA 18512
570-963-6740
PAST@lackawannacounty.org  

Call to register, free child care and dinner
PAST group meets at the civic center the 2nd Monday of each month 5:30-7pm 
500 Sanderson Street, Throop PA 18512


 

Lehigh County
Kinship/Grandparent Support - Bilingual Groups and 12 week classes

Virtual and in-person groups/classes

Pinebrook Family Answers
402 N Fulton St, Allentown, PA 18102
484-232-8551

grandparents@pbfalv.org
https://pbfalv.org/second-time-around-grandparents-raising-grandchildren/

The 12 week Groups/Classes are held on rotating basis, call for next start date. Current group begins September 1, 2022. Meetings held at 1pm
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Luzerne County

New American Heroes

40B W Northampton St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701

Joan Gower 570-401-9815

joan.m.gower@gmail.com

Meets the second Monday of each month from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
 

Pittston Memorial Library Group
​47 Broad St, Pittston, PA 18640

Howard Grossman 570-262-3443

grgnepa@gmail.com

Meets the fourth Monday of each month at 12:00pm (noon)

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LVA Resource Parent Support Group

25 Old River Rd, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702

Jackie Eckenrode: 570-822-9706

jeckenrode@loftus-vergari.com

Meets the third Tuesday of the month from 6:30PM-8:00PM

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Philadelphia County

Grand Central

1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, PA 19107

Chartan Nelson 215-557-1554

char1211@aol.com

www.grandcentralinc.org

Grands As Parents
​2234 N Woodstock St, Philadelphia, PA 19132

grandsasparents1@gapsnow.org
215-236-5848

https://www.facebook.com/grandsasparents/

https://gapsnow.org/

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Tioga County

Grandsavers are Lifesavers
First Baptist Church
7 Sherwood St.
Mansfield, PA 16933
Theresa Swain
grandsavers18@yahoo.com
Meets the 2nd Weds. of the month from Sept. to May from 5:30-7:00 PM, dinner and childcare are provided
*summer meetings are informal, fun events

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Wayne County
Grand Love Way

1445, 601 Park St, Honesdale PA 18431

Allison Pretty-Hopkins: 570-253-5838
kopkinsa@wmh.org

https://www.wmh.org

Meets 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month at 6pm at the Wayne Memorial Hospital in the David Katz Conference Room.
*December through March the meetings are once monthly

 

Westmoreland County
Grandparents raising Grandchildren

Sherri Clay-Higgins: 724-797-3799
Kathy Ferlin: 724-875-8301

grannieskinship@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1041037966463244 

Visit their Facebook group for most up to date times and location of meetings

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Wyoming County

Endless Mountains Grandparents and Substitute Caregivers Support Group

Nancy Aiello: 570-836-1988

Linda Coolbaugh: newswatchers@gmail.com

Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Children's Service Center, 133 West Tioga St, Tunkhannock, PA across from the high school.

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Can't find a group near you? Join KINdred Spirits
for online community 
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KINdred Spirits Virtual Support Group

Meetings 1st Thursday of each month 6:00 pm.-7:30 pm.

Alex Maasdam: 866-546-2111 ext   2

amaasdam@kinconnector.org

KINdred Spirits Virtual
Support Group

 

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