{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-casey-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-better-support-grandparent-caregivers/", "Young, Casey Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Better Support Grandparent Caregivers", "2024-08-07", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Bob Casey (D-Penn.) introduced the bipartisan Informing Grandfamilies Act to help connect grandparents raising grandchildren with existing resources.\n\n\u201cMore than 2.7 million children in America are being raised by grandparents or other relatives, often with few places for these caregivers to turn to for support. Our bipartisan bill would help ensure these grandfamilies are better connected to the resources that are available to them,\u201d said Senator Young.\n\n\u201cGrandparents raising grandchildren face unique challenges under difficult circumstances,\u201d said Senator Casey. \u201cIn recent years, the need for ensuring these families are supported has become even more dire as the opioid crisis and COVID-19 pandemic have forced more and more grandparents to take on unexpected caregiving duties. My bipartisan Informing Grandfamilies Act will ensure that grandparent caregivers know about and take advantage of the resources they need and deserve.\u201d\n\nMillions of children in the United States are being raised by grandparents, other relatives, or close family friends, and while these so-called \u201cgrandfamilies\u201d or \u201ckinship families\u201d are often eligible for federal support due to unique challenges and disproportionate risk of poverty, awareness of these benefits is often not widespread among the families. The Informing Grandfamilies Act would require states to provide grandfamilies with information about the available resources and hire staff with the necessary expertise to guide grandfamilies and kinship families through the benefits process.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-casey-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-better-support-grandparent-caregivers/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1050798930227757, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}