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Resource Families
Resource families include foster/adoptive parents, foster parents, and relative or kinship caregivers. These caregivers are important partners in out-of-home care practice, because they provide shelter, care, and everyday nurturing and support for the children who have been removed from their homes.
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Selected Resources
Finding, Preparing and Supporting Foster and Adoptive Parent Resources (PDF - 2873 KB)
National Resource Center for Foster Care & Permanency Planning
Permanency Planning Today, Fall/Winter 2000
Newsletter articles on why foster parents leave the child welfare system, strategies for recruiting and retaining foster parents, and how family foster care affects children in care.
Welcome Home: A Guide for Adoptive, Foster, and Treatment Foster Parents
Alexander (2004)
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Strategies for preparing for a placement, establishing rules, and dealing with common parenting challenges.
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