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Alaska Center for Resource Families
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Provides training, support, and information to foster and adoptive parents in Alaska. Newsletter, foster parent services, and adoption services.
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Bill of Right for Foster Children
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Ratified in Congress Hall, Philadelphia Saturday, the Twenty-eighth of April, 1973.
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Casey Family Programs
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Providing direct services for children and youth, with a focus on foster care. Programs, resources, and media center.
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CBC News: Disclosure - Ricky
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The story of Manitoba's million-dollar foster kid. Transcript and archived program on an extremely troubled kid who the system ultimately failed. [Real Player required for program playback].
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Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies
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An association that uses advocacy and education to enhance foster care, adoption, family preservation, and special education services in New York State.
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False Abuse Allegations - Adoption and Foster Care
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Explores why false allegations may occur, what parents can do, and where to find help.
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Family to Family Initiative
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An initiative funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to provide child welfare agencies with a foster care system that is neighborhood-based, family-focused, and culturally sensitive.
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Foster Care Ombudsman Program of California
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Provides an avenue for foster youth to file complaints regarding their placement, care and services without fear of retribution. Hotline, fact sheets, and information on health insurance for foster youth.
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Foster Survivor
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Online home for foster care survivors. Essays, foster care stories, guestbook, and links to other foster care sites.
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Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative
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Seeks to improve outcomes for youth leaving foster care by developing youth leadership boards and community partnership boards. Resources, community partnerships, and legislative updates.
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Judge Extends Constitutional Rights for Foster Parents and Children
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Details of a New York ruling on the rights of a foster parent.
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National Foster Care Association in Scotland, welcome.
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Scotland's leading charity for fostered children and those who care for them. Information about how to foster a child in Scotland
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National Foster Care Month
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Presents activities designed to promote National Foster Care Month. Posters and graphics, ribbon campaign, and information for the media.
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National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning
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Provides training, technical assistance, and information to child welfare agencies. News, publications, statistics, and state contacts.
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NeedyKids.com
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Contains resources, news, and articles on the growing need of foster care, problems in the system, the homeless and child abuse.
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Orphan Foundation of America
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A nonprofit organization that advocates for and provides services to foster teens. Information on scholarships, virtual mentoring program, and donation opportunities.
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Social Justice By and For Foster Youth
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A collection of resources including organizations and publications that focuses on foster youth leading social change. Based in Olympia, Washington.
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UN: Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with special reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally
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Adopted by General Assembly resolution 41/85 of 3 December 1986. In English, French, and Spanish.
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Utah Foster Care Foundation
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Serves Utah's children by finding, educating, and nurturing families to meet the needs of children in foster care.
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Youth Advocacy Center
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Helps young adults in or at-risk of foster care take control of their lives. Getting Beyond the System seminar, reports, and news.
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Youth Leadership Advisory Team
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Information for youth in foster care in the state of Maine, including advice about rights and responsibilities. Written by a group of young people in foster care.
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Foster Care Alumni of America
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Connects the estimated 12 million adults that share the foster care experience to create a powerful, collective voice to improve foster care.
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Fostering Results
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Examines federal funding options that can help place foster children in permanent homes, and seeks to improve court oversight of child welfare cases. News and research publications.
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National Adoption Day
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A collective national (USA) effort to raise awareness of the children in foster care waiting to find permanent families.
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