In Washington County (Oregon), April 2, 2009:
‘Day for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: 37,536 Oregon children live with their grandparents
“In Oregon, over 20,000 grandparents have stepped forward to raise children because their parents struggle with drug and alcohol abuse, incarceration, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, domestic violence, divorce, unemployment or military deployment,” notes Deborah Letourneau, Program Coordinator for Washington County’s Family Caregiver Support Program of Disability, Aging and Veteran Services.