"Guardianship and adoption" is the topic of the next "Caregivers Raising Children" support group, which meets Thursday, April 29 at 9 a.m. at the Lopez Family Resource Center in Biloxi.

Biloxi Public Schools is teaming with the City of Biloxi and the Mental Health Association of Mississippi to provide the free assistance to caregivers 55 and older who are raising children.

The two-hour program will be held at the Biloxi Family Resource Center, which is on the Lopez School campus, at 140 St. John Ave. in Biloxi.

A free lunch and door prizes will be available at the program.

For more information, contact Patty Sinopoli with the Mental Health Association at (228)385-1119 or via email at patty@msmentalhealth.org or Susan Hunt with Biloxi Public Schools at (228) 297-6808 or susan.hunt@biloxischools.net.

There are 5.7 million children living with a grandparent, representing 8 percent of all children in the United States.

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