by Shanita Dildy-Goings • Every generation has their challenges, their life altering events and lessons learned. Every lifetime comes fraught with trials and tribulations that […]
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Supporting Children’s Emotional Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Jessica Dym Bartlett, Jessica Griffin, Dana Thomson • The following guidance, recommendations, and resources are provided by child trauma experts at Child Trends and […]
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 […]
Read moreFosteringNC.orgA learning site for NC’s resource caregivers
The NC Division of Social Services is proud to offer fosteringNC.org, a learning site for our state’s foster and adoptive parents and kinship caregivers. This […]
Read moreCreating a feeling of safetyEssays from Youth in Foster Care
In last issue’s writing contest we asked young people in foster care, “We all have times when, even though we are physically safe, we don’t […]
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