by Donna Foster • If you know me, you know I’m a big fan of shared parenting. I cherish any chance I get to explain […]
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Education for Young People in Foster Care: NC Resource Parent Rights and Responsibilities
by Jonathan Rockoff • Your license has been approved! You spent the past few months going through the licensing process and learning as much as […]
Read moreDiligent Recruitment of Families for Children in Foster Care in North Carolina
Recruitment and retention of families for children in foster care matters a great deal. When we have enough foster and adoptive parents and kin caregivers, […]
Read more“Stay Interviews” Can Help Keep Lines of Communication Open
by Rick Zechman • Report cards. Visits. Court. Shared parenting. Medical and therapy appointments. Children’s achievements. The list goes on. Resource parents and their agencies […]
Read moreWaiting for a Placement Can Be FrustratingSuggestions from a Foster Parent
by Becky Burmester • As a veteran foster parent (two decades and counting), I am familiar with licensed foster parents whose homes have remained empty. […]
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