‘Parent Resources’ Articles
Adoption Subsidy Reinstated in Missouri
The children and families of Missouri won a great victory on May 1, 2006. The attached editorial gives new insite into the case and the Missouri Attorney General’s opposition to the original law.
Advocacy: Taking Action to Make a Difference
To effectively get started in advocating for families, you need to find your focus. You may feel frustrated when you see the many ways systems fail to serve families, but your desire to want to fix everything can paralyze your efforts. To be effective, you need to identify the specific problem you want to try [...]
Allegations Happen: How to Prevent and Survive Them
“It’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to me,” said one parent about the time her foster daughter filed an abuse allegation against her. Most often false, allegations of abuse against parents who foster and adopt children with special needs are frighteningly common. When parenting these special children, it is in our best interest to [...]
Authority to Provide Educational Consent
Act 73, passed in 2001, gives the foster parent the authority to provide consents for a foster child’s educational and recreational needs.
Care To Share
“Care to Share” is a way for people to share their unneeded items with resource families who need them. Resource families are families who have opened their home to children through fostering, adoption, or guardianship.
Citizenship for International Adoptees
Previous to the Automatic Citizenship Act of 2000, any child who entered the U.S.through an international adoption is not an American citizen until the family applies to naturalize the child. This is very important to do!! Like us, you have undoubtedly heard stories about international adoptees who never became naturalized citizens; turned 18; were involved in criminal [...]
Collaborative Approaches to Identifying and Serving Substance Exposed Newborns
In this webcast, hosted by the National AIA Resource Center, representatives from four federally funded demonstration projects share their experiences developing policies and procedures to meet the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) mandates related to substance exposed newborns (SEN).
Communicating through Letter Writing
With so many people involved in the lives of your foster children, documentation becomes very important. Download this article for useful tips on advocacy and the written word.
Comparison of Permanency Options
This updated (February 2007)PDF document lists some commonly asked questions about adoption, legal guardianship and permanent custody and provides answers as they apply to each category.
Comprehensive Health Assessment
The CARE Program provides a comprehensive health assessment for foster children if requested. Every child entering foster care is required to have two types of physical examinations:
