The Multimodal Home Based Intervention for Custodial Parents Program may also be effective in easing the stress associated with grandparents raising their grandchildren. The purpose of the six-month multimodal, home-based intervention is to reduce psychological stress, improve physical and mental health, and increase the custodial grandparent's level of social support and resources. In all, the program includes three components: a social work component, a legal component, and a nursing component. Results of non-experimental research by Kelley, Yorker, Whitley and Sipe (2001) suggest that the program lowers levels of hostility within the household, increases levels of social support available to the custodial grandparent, and fosters family functioning. Twenty-five African American families were sampled for this study.