Grandparents are thrust into the role for many reasons. In some cases, parents have died, become incapacitated by illness or injury, overdosed on opioids, or been locked in prison for a crime.
Back in 1992, Cassandra Gentry was working full time and trying to finish her Master’s degree, so she could get ahead in her career and lay the groundwork for a comfortable retirement..
Seventy-year-old Cassandra Gentry is looking forward to a hefty cost-of-living increase in her Social Security benefits — not for herself but to pay for haircuts for her two grandchildren and
WASHINGTON Social Security s cost of living adjustment, otherwise known as the COLA, for 2023 is expected to be around 9% or even higher, the highest in 40 years, analysts estimate. It will be announced Thursday morning. Coupled with a decline in Medicare Part B premium, the Social Security COLA will put more money in the hands of the 70 million Americans who receive benefits, including the growing number of grandfamilies like 70-year-old Cassandra Gentry s. According to the U.S. census, in 2020, there were about 2.4 million grandparents responsible for their grandchildren.