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- A Foster Parent? Who? Me?! - Article by Patti Swoboda written for people considering becoming foster parents. Provides many points to consider.
www.nncf.unl.edu/foster/sharing/Swobodaarticle.html
- AZ Foster Care - Support site for Arizona, USA, parents provides chat room, state agency list and message board.
www.azfostercare.com
- Canadian Foster Parent - A resource guide for foster parents to access information and to network with other caregivers around the world. Find links to chat with other caregivers and become a member of a fostercare listserv.
home.ica.net/~sharyn
- Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support - Source of information, technical assistance, written materials and referrals to both resource families and child welfare professionals who work with them.
www.casey.org/cnc
- Foster and Kinship Care Education - Provides training, support, licensing and independent living skills classes for foster parents and others caring for children in out-of-home placements. Site includes information about services, news and contact details.
www.fkce.net
- Foster Parenting - Getting Started - If you are just starting out in your quest to become a foster parent, there are some available links to nationwide fostering agencies.
adoption.about.com/cs/adoptstart
- Foster Parenting Stories - A site is designed by a Therapeutic Foster Parent proud to share the stories of Foster Parents around the world who care and are so invested in helping prepare foster children for the real world. There is also information on how to become a foster parent as well as other resources.
www.larrysvitaminworld.com/ca/story.html
- Fostering Love - Patterns to sew for foster children and agencies. Hats, duffel bags, bandanas are a few of the patterns here.
fosteringlove.tripod.com
- Fostering New Zealand Style - Foster care information with links for over 200 resources. Advocacy, Legal, Medical, Behavioural, ADHD, and RAD aspects are covered.
nzfostering.netfirms.com
- FosterParenting.com - American site with information on becoming a foster parent, general child care information, and special instructions for foser parents. Includes a support area with a chat room, message boards, and e-pals.
www.fosterparenting.com
- Have A Heart for Kids - Foster and adoptive resource center located in Mid-Missouri. Includes the history of foster care, reasons children may need it, questions to ask, when to call a social worker, and newspaper articles.
www.haveaheartforkids.org
- Is Foster Parenting For You? - Article by Jeffrey Silla, an experienced foster parent, shares experiences and encouragement for those who are considering the experience of foster parenting.
www.princetonol.com/family/parenting101/foster1.html
- Join Hands.com - Foster Care - Endeavoring to provide insight to 'system abuse'. Foster care information and changes needed to protect our children and families from government agencies operating under an umbrella of rhetoric of 'child protection'.
www.join-hands.com/fostercare
- Kids in Care - Australian site helping parents, caregivers, and foster parents with ideas, forums, recipes, and information.
kidsincare.tripod.com
- Lifting the Veil: Child Welfare, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice - A comprehensive look at the Child Protective Services, Foster Care, and Juvenile Justice systems. Testimony, studies, and reform efforts are examined.
www.geocities.com/Heartland/5401/index.html
- Loving Someone Else's Child - Article discussing the therapeutic issues surrounding nontraditional families. Touching on the struggles of step parenting, adoptive and foster parenting.
www.secondwivesclub.com/rhuxley2.html
- NECCO - A learning organization committed to the continuous development of its employees in order to provide optimal care for our foster children, and a solid support network for our foster families.
www.necco.org
- Real Facts About Foster Care - Are agencies undercutting those entrusted to care for our most vulnerable? Parenting is work, and deserves society's support and undergirding.
RobtShepherd.tripod.com/medinaerth.html
- Staying with Grandma - The challenges faced by relative caregivers; grandparents caring for foster children. Published by Action Alliance for Children.
www.4children.org/news/7-97grnd.htm
- The Foster/Adopt Experience - Suite101.com - A description of the process involved in being a foster and/or adoptive parent.
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/child_welfare/20318
- There is No Such Thing as Too Attached - Suite101.com - A personal essay about the attachments formed as a foster parent.
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/child_welfare/20967
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