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Resource parents and NC’s permanency commitment

In North Carolina’s 2020-2024 Child and Family Services Plan, a 5-year strategic plan for its child welfare system, our state makes the following commitment to permanency: Children and youth in

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Featured Articles from this issue

It’s the everyday things resource parents do

by Jamie Bazemore • We all know resource parents provide love, nurturing, and care to meet the immediate needs of young people in foster care.

Fostering Perspectives Turns 25!

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Paths to permanence for NC children & youth in foster care

Additional Articles from this issue

Explaining the concept of permanence to children in foster care

Shared Parenting Strategies to Support Permanence

Supporting cultural permanence

Placement stability: What resource parents can do

Foster Care 18 to 21: A path to permanency

What do youth think about relational permanence?

Point of View: My Adoption Process

Never too old to have a family

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Help us find families for these children and youth

June is Reunification Month!

What to say when children and youth reunify

Connections matter during the transition to adulthood

Permanence: What does it mean in real life?
Reflections from NC’s Child Welfare Family Advisory Council

How agencies can (and should) support children and resource families when placements end

How one NC agency is supporting permanence
Interview with Tammy Bradley from Children’s Hope Alliance

How are child welfare agencies supporting older youth and young adults in foster care during COVID?

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