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Becoming a Foster Parent
Foster parents provide a temporary, safe home for children in crisis. They are part of the child's support, treatment, and care programs. They are partners of the child's social worker, attorney, teachers, and doctors. Being a foster parent is not a passive act of opening one's home and providing...
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The caseworker's car pulled up to the curb in front of the crisis shelter. Ten-year-old Shane in the back seat gazed fearfully at the shabby brick building with the dirty windows and crumbling concrete steps. Was this his new home? What would his life be like in this run-down place full of kids...
Grandparent ProgramsThe Many Faces of Grandparenting "My daughter is not able to care for her children; I've been caring for them for several years now." "My son and his family live two blocks away, but I almost never see my grandchildren." "My son moved his family to another state to take a job, and I hardly ever...
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Shortage of foster homes
October 23, 2007, 8:40 am
I have been receiving news links that show a shortage of foster homes in virtually every state. As the number of children coming into foster care is increasing, the number of foster homes is decreasing. We’re running at a bad pace.
I was recently interviewed for a newspaper article about the...
Being Real…Too Much of a Good Thing?December 10, 2007, 7:30 am
On Saturday, my day revolved around attending and presenting at the first conference put on by the Northwest Georgia Adoptive and Foster Parent Association. It was a great conference. And the organizers of the event (two foster moms and several others who helped) were cool, calm and truly...
Adoption excellence awardsJanuary 15, 2008, 4:28 pm
Each year the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services awards several adoption excellence awards. There are several different categories and nominations are taken through August of the award year.
All of these agencies and individuals have proven their commitment to foster care and...
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Foster Parenting - Fostering, Care, Parents, Kids, HomesOften, parents who have had their children removed from their homes are given a plan to follow. The plan could include entering and successfully completing rehab, securing a job or a safe place to live, or attending and participating in a pre-determined number of counseling sessions.
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California State Foster Parent Association, Inc.
Florida's Quality Parenting Initiative Invites Foster Parents and others to attend these important workshops. 2013 Mothers Day. Thank you for all the mothers that were in attendance at this years Mothers Day Celebration.
Texas Foster Family Association |California State Foster Parent Association, Inc.
Welcome to the California State Foster Parent Association Web Site. Our Association was established in 1972 by a group of Foster Parents in San Francisco who met around a kitchen table and came up with the idea to create a support system for Foster Parents in California.
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