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GET IN-SERVICE TRAINING CREDIT FOR READING THIS NEWSLETTER!
Enjoy Fostering Perspectives and earn credit toward your relicensure. Just write down the answers to the questions below and present them to your licensing social worker. If your answers are satisfactory, you’ll receive 30 minutes of training credit. If you have questions about this method of gaining in-service training credit, ask your worker. In-Service Quiz, FP v25, n1 On what
Read moreSaySo welcomes new program coordinator
SaySo welcomes Cherie Watlington as the new SaySo Program Coordinator. Cherie grew up in North Carolina. After graduating from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T) with a Bachelor in Social Work, she attended North Carolina State University and earned a Masters in Social Work. She is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Cherie’s work experience includes facilitating batterer
Read moreWriting ContestFirst Prize: $100 • Second Prize: $50 • Third Prize: $25
If you are or were enrolled in North Carolina’s Foster Care 18 to 21 program, please send us a response to the following questions: How have you benefited from participating in Foster Care 18 to 21? What advice do you have for someone considering this program? (Responses should be 200 or less words.) Deadline: Feb. 2, 2021 E-mail submissions to
Read moreA Reader AsksWhat does NC do to help youth achieve permanence?
North Carolina recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to raise and promote social awareness throughout the year. We believe every child and youth deserves the chance to grow up in a family that can provide them with love, hope, and stability. This article describes some of the many things North Carolina does as part of its commitment
Read moreFFA-NC is here for you!Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina
Welcome to the Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina! If you are a foster, adoptive, or kinship family in North Carolina you are automatically a member of FFA-NC. Our organization began more than 40 years ago (in 1975) as the North Carolina Foster Parent Association and changed its name in 2006 to the North Carolina Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
Read moreFOSTERINGNC.ORGA Learning Site for NC's Resource Parents
The NC Division of Social Services is proud to offer fosteringNC.org, a learning site for our state’s resource parents. This site features online courses, webinar recordings, videos and podcasts, and answers to frequently asked questions. Free courses include: Human Trafficking 101 for Resource Parents. This 90-minute course explains what human trafficking is, how to recognize it, and how North Carolina
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Enjoy Fostering Perspectives and earn credit toward your relicensure. Just write down the answers to the questions below and present them to your licensing social worker. If your answers are satisfactory, you’ll receive 30 minutes of training credit. If you have questions about this method of gaining in-service training credit, ask your worker. In-Service Quiz, FP v24, n2 How can
Read moreHow Do You Know You Are a Foster Parent?
by Donna Foster and Joanne Scaturro • You open your home and heart 24 hours a day to children you haven’t even met. You know your family will grieve as children enter and leave your home, but having the children in your lives is worth it. Though you realize you can’t heal the child’s pain, you strive to be a
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