In this issue, RAPP Initiative Highlights:

• RAPP Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) provide comprehensive services to relative caregivers:
  • Texoma AAA
  • Central Illinois AAA
  • Washington State AAAs
• Regional RAPPs help create and expand support groups and services for caregivers and their families:
  • The University of Maine Center on Aging
  • Philadelphia Society for Services to Children
• RAPP Mental Health Programs:
  • Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota
  •  Mountain Empire Older Citizens (MEOC)
• RAPP State Initiatives:
  • Montana State University Extension
  • Virginia State’s Task Force and Information Network
• RAPP Mentoring Programs:
  • Kinship Kare of Northern Arizona’s
  • Grandparent Mentor Program
•             Upper Cumberland Development District’s MaTCH Mentoring Program; and
• The RAPP Funding Alert!

Also Inside:

• An Interview with LeAnn Thieman, Co-Author, Chicken Soup for the Soul
• Help Relative Caregivers get more tax $$$!
• A Legislative Update
• The RAPP- Cooperative Extension Connection
• Tips for Educating Policymakers; and
• Relative Caregiver Resources