May is National Foster Care Month
Each May, organizations throughout the United States work to acknowledge the foster families, adoptive families, kinship and family members, child welfare professionals, judicial professionals, volunteers, mentors, and policy makers who support the well-being of...
New Court Specific Training Available to and Required of All Foster Parents in NC
Foster, adoptive, and kinship families work to support the permanency plans of the children and families they serve on a daily basis. One key component of that support, that can often be overlooked is the importance of attending juvenile court hearings on behalf of...
How NC’s Child Welfare System Has Responded to COVID-19
The most recent issue of Fostering Perspectives focuses on the impact COVID-19 has had on North Carolina’s child welfare system and the youth and families engaged with that system. The issue also focuses on how foster, adoptive, and kinship providers have shown...
Kinship Caregivers Play a Vital Role in North Carolina: The Latest Issue of Fostering Perspectives
When a child or youth enters foster care, family members and “like-family” friends are often the first ones child welfare agencies approach to care for children until they can safely return home to their biological family. Becoming a kinship caregiver is both a...
Release of New and Revised Juvenile Forms by the Administrative Office of the Courts
On October 1, 2019, the NC Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) released one new juvenile form and revised several existing juvenile forms. See the links to these forms below with a brief summary from AOC describing the specific revision. We have also linked a...Page 1 of 2