Foster Parent Resources
Publications
- A National Campaign to Improve Foster Care
- Partnering With Birth Parents to Promote Reunification
- Adoption Nutrition - Starter Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents
- Birth Parents with Trauma Histories and the Child Welfare System - A Guide for Foster Parents
- Celebrating the Holidays with Children You Foster
- Child Welfare Staff & Foster Parents: A Team Approach
- Foster Parents Considering Adoption
- Grief and Loss Coping Strategies for Foster Parents (Washington State Department of Social & Health Services)
- Helping Children in Foster Care Transition to Child Care Services
- Helping Young People in Foster Care Through the Holidays (FosterClub.org)
- Helping Your Foster Child Transition to Your Adopted Child
- Helping Youth Transition to Adulthood - Guidance for Foster Parents
- It’s Your Responsibility to Talk to Youth Pregnancy Prevention for Youth in Foster Care: A Tool for Caregivers and Providers
- Keeping Children Safer While in Care
- Parenting a Child Who Has Been Sexually Abused
- Parenting a Child Who Has Experienced Trauma
- Putting the Pieces of Family Visits Together - Foster Parent Guide (CASCW)
- Review of the Quality Parenting Initiative
- Self Care for Foster Families During the Holidays
- Supporting LGBTQ Youth - Guide for FP )
- Supporting Youth in Foster Care in Making Healthy Choices: A Guide for Caregivers and Caseworkers on Trauma, Treatment, and Psychotropic Medications
- Understanding Child Welfare and The Courts