A new way to support grandparents raising kids affected by the addiction epidemic

(By Drew Hawkins for NPR)

Happy shouts and laughter fill the cafeteria at Locust Grove Baptist Church in New Market, Alabama — a small town just outside of Huntsville, in the northern part of the state.

While the grandparents eat dinner, their grandchildren chase each other around the tables.

They call themselves “grandfamilies.” Everyone here knows each other. Continue reading here…

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