Ogden organization works to keep kids safe with the help of their grandparents

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OGDEN, Utah — A local organization in Ogden is aimed at helping grandparents step in during unsafe situations to protect their grandkids and raise them.After Melonie and Gary Trujillo’s son Paul, who was struggling with substance abuse, passed away in 2020, they fought to adopt his four kids and raise them as their own.'We want to break the cycle from showing the kids what their parents was doing wasn’t right,” explained Gary.

They host events and support groups for grandparents and grandkids, and they help each other with child care when needed and learn from other's stories too. 'We've actually helped a grandmother pay her rent. Her money order got stolen and they were going to kick her out,' Melonie said. A big piece is the finances. It’s tough raising children when grandparents are retired, on a fixed income, or need to go back to work.

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