We’ve curated a list of resources from trusted partners where you can learn even more about foster parenting.
- Support for Foster Parents, Adopt US Kids
- Factsheet for families considering becoming a foster family, Child Welfare Information Gateway
- 9 Qualities of Successful Foster and Adoptive Parents, NACAC
- State information about foster care and adoption programs, Adopt US Kids
- Becoming a foster parent, National Foster Parents Association
- Adopting from foster care, Adopt US Kids
- Adopting through foster care, National Council for Adoption
Resources for grandparents or other relatives of children in foster care
- Guardianship vs adoption options for relatives, Generations United
- The Benefits of Social Security for Grandfamilies, Generations United
- Practicing Self-Care, Generations United
- Addressing Childhood Trauma, Generations United
- Preventing Harmful Drug Use by Children, Generations United
- Engaging with Birth Parents, Generations United
- Talking with a Child about their Birth Parent, Generations United
Advocate for improved public policy
The CHAMPS campaign to improve foster parenting policies has created a Policy Playbook and related tools to encourage and assist policymakers in championing reform efforts to strengthen foster parenting in their communities. Share this information with policymakers or with the child welfare agency in your community or state.