AnnaMarie White serves as a Generations United GRAND Voice for the state of Montana. AnnaMarie and her husband are raising their three granddaughters due to their mother’s mental health and substance use issues. AnnaMarie discovered that there are very few resources for grandparents raising grandchildren in Montana. Through her local Grandparents Raising Grandchildren group and the Montana Kinship Navigator, AnnaMarie found the education and peer support she was in need of and eventually became a facilitator for both programs. AnnaMarie seeks tangible outcomes for kinship care providers. She serves as a Board member for both the Missoula and Ravalli County Foster Care Review Boards. AnnaMarie serves on the Child Protection Teams for Mineral and Missoula Counties, as well as the Healthy Counties Initiative for Mineral County. For many years AnnaMarie has been serving her community as an Indian Child Welfare Act Qualified Expert Witness.
