KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) --
A new housing project in Kansas City is devoted to grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.
Pemberton Park is one of a handful of housing projects of its kind across the country and the first like it in the Kansas City area. Housing Authority officials say it's devoted to "grandfamilies" - families in which grandparents or other
relatives 55 and older raise children from their extended families.
The Kansas City Star reports that Pemberton Park was designed as a "hybrid" to address the physical and social service needs of both seniors and children, in recognition of the growing trend of families with that generation gap.
To be eligible, families must make no more than 60 percent of area median income, based on family size.
Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com
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