Writing Contest In the most recent Fostering Perspectives writing contest we gave young people in foster care the following prompt: “Part of being resilient is […]
Read moreSeries: November 2024 • Vol. 28, No. 2
A Reader Asks: What is Unlicensed Kinship Care?
What is Kinship Care? Kinship care is the full-time care, nurturing, and protection of children by their relatives, members of their tribes or clans, godparents, […]
Read moreNorth Carolina’s Child Welfare Family Advisory Council
By Melissa Russell Maybe you’ve heard of the N.C. State Child Welfare Family Advisory Council. Maybe you haven’t. Hopefully, by the time you’ve finished reading […]
Read moreNew Courses on FosteringNC.org!
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 […]
Read moreLINKS and Utilizing Lived Experience
By Tori Marshall The John H. Chafee Foster Care Federal Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood is known as the “LINKS Program” in North Carolina. The […]
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