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What does your church have as it's policy regarding adult children? We change their marital status from child/youth to single when they graduate from high school, but what do you do about the member status in the household?

Do you leave their member status as a child, or seperate them into their own household at the same address? When they graduate from high school, college, become 18, 19, 25. etc.?

 Do you leave their position in the household listed as 'child', marital status 'single' or do you move them into their own household as head of household, same address as parents? When do you do this (when they graduate from high school, when they get out of college, etc.)?

Do you note anywhere on their record who their parents are if you move them into their own household?

If you leave them as a child in their parent's household, do you have a process for making them their own household in the future?

How does having an adult child in the household (as single) affect reporting & mailings sent out?

When do you apply your procedure? What do you consider the 'best practice'?

Thanks! Sherry

Sherry,

I think you just about answered all of your own questions:

• When they graduate high school
• mark them as single
• move them to attendee
• keep them in the household with their parents
• move them into their own household when they graduate college or hit the age of 25
• put a note in their status comment or in general notes as to whom they are living with (parents)
• mailings will go to head of household or household name and that is why you need to move them into their own household at some point in the future
• reporting can be used to find all people 25 - 30 marked as single and not head of household to then move them to their own household

I hope that helps.

Regards,

Matthew McMaster

Delivery Manager