FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 19, 2026
Every day, somewhere in California, a grandparent gets a call from Child Welfare with a stark message: Their grandchildren are being taken out of their parents’ custody and need family to care for them, or else the children will end up in the foster system.
Of course these grandparents, overwhelmingly, say yes and take their loved ones in. This is what we do for family.
But for many of them, especially…





