Generations United’s mission is to improve the lives of children, youth, and older adults through intergenerational collaboration, public policies, and programs for the enduring benefit of all. 

Its National Center on Grandfamilies is the leading voice for families headed by grandparents, other relatives, and close family friends, guided by GRAND Voices, a national network of caregiver advocates. The Center convenes caregivers and organizations to set the national agenda, leads federal advocacy, provides training and technical assistance, and elevates kinship/grandfamilies’ voices to improve policies and practices that affect them. It also raises awareness through media outreach, communications, and events, and produces the annual State of Grandfamilies & Kinship Care Report along with a wide range of guides, fact sheets, and tools on education, health care, financial, and legal supports. 

Generations United also operates the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network, the only federally supported national technical assistance center on kinship families.