Vol. 5, No. 1 • November 2000
North Carolina Foster Parent Association Update

Amazon.com to donate profits to NCFPA: Amazon.com has agreed to donate a portion of its sales to the NCFPA. Here's how it works: for every one of their customers who enters Amazon.com through the NCFPA site, they will give the association a percentage of the customer's purchase. Thus, not only will you be saving on books, CDs, videos, and other items, you'll be helping the NCFPA pay for foster parent training and other activities. For this to work, however, you MUST enter Amazon.com through the icon on the NCFPA web page. ************************ What is the North Carolina Foster Parent Association? The NCFPA is an organization of foster, adoptive, and kinship parents, child advocates, and others who work together to support the safety, well-being, and nurturing of the 11,500 children in North Carolina's foster care system. Their mission is simple: to promote quality foster and adoptive services through collaborative advocacy, education, resources, and networking. By working together for our state's most vulnerable children, NCFPA helps ensure that every child receives exceptional care while in the foster care system, appropriate and effective services, and, ultimately, a safe, permanent, and loving home. Did you know? • 22.4 pecent of U.S. children live in poverty, the second highest (after Mexico) in a survey of industrialized nations • 2.6 percent of Swedish children live in poverty, the lowest surveyed (Source: Time Magazine, 6/26/00)

What does NCFPA do? NCFPA provides support, information, and networking opportunities to foster, adoptive, and kinship parents in North Carolina. It offers: a web page that includes information about NCFPA, resources for foster/adoptive parents, and current activities of the association; an annual training conference for foster/adoptive/kinship parents; technical assistance and support for foster and adoptive parents and local associations; and advocacy efforts for children in North Carolina's foster care system. How can I become involved? Become a member. For more information, contact Nancy Carter at Independent Living Resources, Inc. (t: 800/820-0001, e: [email protected]). How to become a member To become a member, fill out this form and mail it, with payment (do not send cash) to the address below. Make checks payable to the NC Foster Parent Association. Rates Individual or couple: $15 Local association: $25 Agency/business: $100 Name First:____________________ M I:____________________ Last:____________________ Title:____________________ Organization: ______________________ County: __________________________ Agency/Work Address: ______________ Street:________________________ City:_________________________ State:________________________________ Zip:_________________________________ Tel (day):_____________________________ Tel (evening):_________________________ E-mail: _____________________________ Please check the one that applies: __Foster/adoptive/kinship parent __Local foster parent association __Agency/business __Other Return completed form with payments to: NC Foster Parents Association, c/o ILR, Inc., 411 Andrews Rd., Suite 230, Durham, NC 27705.

 

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