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 moreSeries: May 2025 • Vol. 29, No. 1
From 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, […]
Read moreContinuing to Foster After Grief and Loss
By Kate Schultz Grief and loss are inevitable in foster care and, at times, the weight of goodbye can feel like the air has escaped […]
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