In this Jan. 29, 2016, photo, Mario Hendricks heads up the stairs of his grandmother's home on Chicago's South Side. Nationwide, there are 2.7 million grandparents raising grandchildren. About a fifth have incomes that fall below the poverty line, according the Census figures. More grandparents are taking on the role of parents for their grandkids, as social service agencies try to place foster children in so-called kinship families. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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