By Dr. Sarah Norris, Ed.D, MBA, M.Ed. The Crisis in the System The child welfare system is in deep crisis. Children and families engaging with […]
Read moreSeries: May 2025 • Vol. 29, No. 1
Kids’ Pages
Writing Contest In the most recent Fostering Perspectives writing contest we gave young people in foster care the following prompt: “Advocating for yourself means telling […]
Read moreFrom Foster Care to Empowerment: A Personal Journey
By Carlina Shotwell I remember the night before my 18th birthday like it was yesterday. I was awake, staring at the ceiling, wondering what life […]
Read moreMaking a New Family: Adoptive Mom and Birth Mom
by Nancy Almon with Katie Jaeschke Katie and I met when I chose to adopt her son through Methodist Home for Children. Being that the […]
Read moreFostering NC: A learning site for North Carolina’s foster and adoptive parents and kinship caregivers
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, […]
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