nphofrph:

Characters in Foster Care – Resources

Here is a pile of resources for accurately portraying characters in foster care, or characters who are fostering a child. Note that this is more geared toward the American foster care system.

Links from AdoptUSKids.org:

• Common Myths About Foster Care
• Difference Between Fostering and Adopting
• Qualifications for Fostering and Adopting
• Licensing Requirements by State
• Application Process for Foster Parents
• Film About Pre-Service Training

More information links:

• How Foster Care Works
• Foster Care Statistics
• Facts About Foster Care
• Reasons Children Enter the Foster Care System

• What Happens in the Case of a Missing Parent or an Abandonment? 

• Program for Native American Foster Parents
• Fostering Children with Special Needs
• Tips for Successful Foster Parents
• Sample Foster Parent Reference Letter
• What Being a Foster Parent Is Really Like

• Helping Foster and Adoptive Families

• Article on Education for Foster Children

Foster-to-adoption:

• Article on Foster-to-Adoption Process
• Impact of Adoption on Adopted Persons
• Adopting from Foster Care
• Private Domestic Adoption

The negative side of the foster care system:

• Study on Racial Bias in Foster Care
• Article on Abuse and Neglect of Fostered Children
• Article on Corruption in the Foster Care System
• NPR Story on Difficulty of Getting Foster Kids into College
• Video Project of First-Hand Account of Foster Care Abuse
• Article on Mental Development Problems in Foster Children