Hunter children at risk if funding to help grandparents raising their grandchildren is withdrawn | VIDEO

By Alan Hardie
Updated March 30 2015 - 8:08am, first published March 29 2015 - 8:35pm
GRANDPARENTS NEED HELP:  Bev Steggles with some of the letters she has received from grandparents and the federal ­government.   	Picture by ALAN HARDIE
GRANDPARENTS NEED HELP: Bev Steggles with some of the letters she has received from grandparents and the federal ­government. Picture by ALAN HARDIE

It is feared more than 65 children being raised by their grandparents in the Maitland area will face health issues and hardship when federal government funding for a key worker ceases in June.

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