There are small amounts of money through social welfare for grandparents who are grandparenting children, but it's very, very small. It's extremely low. It doesn't nearly cover the cost of a child. Very often, when these grandparents take in their children, if they haven't come through the child welfare system, they don't even have access to that. This is a huge issue. There are hundreds and thousands of children being raised by grandparents in this country with very little support, and they do fall into poverty. This is a whole area that does need addressing as well.
On November 25th, 2010. See this statement in context.