Our state’s NC Reach program provides college funding and support services to young people adopted from North Carolina DSS foster care after the age of […]
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A reader asks . . .What should I say when someone tells me they “could never foster”?
When I tell people I’m a foster parent, they often respond by saying they could never foster because it would be too hard. I want […]
Read moreEver feel you aren’t making a difference?Book Review
by Jeanne Preisler There are a few times in life that have a distinct before and after: getting married, for instance. Becoming a parent. Becoming […]
Read moreTeens in Foster Care in North CarolinaMay 2016
The Numbers. One in three young people in foster care is an adolescent. Of the 10,282 children in foster care in North Carolina on February […]
Read moreMaking a difference at child and family team meetingsAttending can benefit everyone
by Claudia Kearney Foster parents and kinship caregivers sometimes find Child and Family Team meetings intimidating. It’s easy to see why. At CFTs the biological […]
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