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Foster Youth Involved, Informed, and Independent
http://www.fyi3.com/fyi3/index.cfm
Site a Collaboration Between FosterClub and Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative for youth transitioning from foster care.
Foster Club
http://www.fosterclub.com/index.cfm
The national network for youth in foster care.
College Tuition Waiver
http://www.nacac.org/subsidyfactsheets/tuition.html
A significant post adoptive service offered by states is the waiver or payment of college tuition on behalf of adopted children who […]
Camp to Belong
http://www.camptobelong.org/home.htm
CAMP TO BELONG, (CTB), an international non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, has been actively reuniting brothers and sisters placed in separate foster, adoptive or kinship […]
Teen Trouble
http://www.journalism.umd.edu/cns/wire/2003-editions/04-April-editions/030418-Friday/TeenTrouble_CNS-UMCP.html
It’s Not Easy Being Teen: Older Foster Kids Have Little Hope of Adoption
National Foster Parent Association
http://www.nfpainc.org/
The National Foster Parent Association is the only national organization which strives to support foster parents, and remains a consistently strong voice on behalf of all children.
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development
http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/yd/
The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development, through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Children’s Bureau, provides training and technical assistance to publicly administered and supported child welfare agencies.
Is Foster Parenting for You?
http://www.princetonol.com/family/parenting101/foster1.html
An article at FamilyWorks Parenting 101.
Foster Parents
http://www.fosterparents.com/
Foster care and adoptive community.
Foster Parenting
http://www.fosterparenting.com/
An adoption.com web site with many resources for people involved in, or considering, foster parenting.
Foster Families Today
http://www.fosteringfamiliestoday.com/FFT/fft_web/index1.html
A bimonthly foster care and adoption resource for America.
Debunking Some Foster Care Myths
http://ssw.unc.edu/fcrp/fp/fp_vol5no1/debunking_myths_foster_teen.htm
Casey Family Programs
http://www.casey.org/Home
Casey Family Programs provides and improves—and ultimately prevents the need for—foster care.
National Foster Care Month
http://www.fostercaremonth.org/Home
May is national foster care month.
Adoption PSA: Lion
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Adoption PSA: Couch
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Adoption PSA: Basketball
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Adoption PSA: Band
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My Lost Decade
http://www.mylostdecade.blogspot.com/
An adult foster-care survivor’s reflections on her ten years in foster care.
Adoption Blogs
http://www.adoptionblogs.com/
See who’s talking about adoption.