- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Fostering Love - Patterns
to sew for foster children and agencies. Hats, duffel bags, bandanas
are a few of the patterns here.
- Fostering New Zealand Style
- Foster care information with links for over 200 resources. Advocacy,
Legal, Medical, Behavioural, ADHD, and RAD aspects are covered.
- 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.
- 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.
- Kids in Care - Australian
site helping parents, caregivers, and foster parents with ideas, forums,
recipes, and information.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Staying with
Grandma - The challenges faced by relative caregivers; grandparents
caring for foster children. Published by Action Alliance for Children.
- There
is No Such Thing as Too Attached - Suite101.com - A personal essay
about the attachments formed as a foster parent. (June 8, 1999)
- The
Foster/Adopt Experience - Suite101.com - A description of the process
involved in being a foster and/or adoptive parent. (May 25, 1999)
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