Becoming A Foster Parent

Basic Foster Parent Information

• Be a Foster Parent
• Becoming a Foster Parent (NYS certification requirements)
• Foster Parent Rights and Responsibilities - Selected Resources
• What Every Foster Parent Needs to Know
• The Reflective Foster Parent - Questions to Consider when Deciding To Foster
• Foster Parents Speak: Crossing Bridges and Fostering Change Now available on DVD! Includes, English and Spanish subtitles, transcripts, a comprehensive film discussion guide and other printable resources.  

Foster Parent Guides and Manuals

• Professional Parenthood - A Guide for Foster Care
• NYS Foster Parent Manual-January 2007 (PDF)
• NYS Foster Parent Manual - Spanish Version
• NYS Foster Parent's Guide to Adoption-January 2007 (PDF)
• From Foster Parent to Adoptive Parent - A guide to NYS law and regulation governing adoption by Michael A. Neff, P.C.
• Working Together: Health Services for Children in Foster Care - Link to NYS OCFS Manual
• Taking Your Place at the Table - Understanding the Stucture and Mechanisms of Foster Care

Online Training Resources

• Online Foster/Adoptive Parent Training - Center for the Development of Human Services at SUNY Buffalo
• Link to Foster Parent College On-line Training Modules - by Richard Delaney, Phd
• On-line Video Training from the Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services
• On-line Training from Foster Care and Adoptive Community - 80+ low cost courses for both prospective and experienced parents
• On-Line Inservice Training from Foster Club - Self directed learning, register to earn credit hours

NYSCCC Foster Parent Resources

• New Realities and Challenges for Foster Parents - NYSCCC LINK Project
• NYS Maximum and Local District Foster Home Rate Tables - Local District Rates as of May 2003
• Directory of Adoptive & Foster Parent Support & Advocacy Groups in New York State
• A Foster Care Reading List
• NYS Foster Care Statistics
• NYS Adoption Services Directory   
• "Change a Lifetime" - Suggestions for Supporting Foster Children and Families
• How Organizations Can Help Support Foster Kids - Suggestions from Arizona

Foster Parent Internet Resources

• New York State Office of Children and Family Services
• New York City Administration for Children's Services
• Kinship Foster Care - Link to NYS Kinship Navigator a one stop shop for access to information and resource on all issues facing kinship caregivers. Includes toll free warm line.
• Circle of Support - Support Groups for NYC area foster parents and youth
• The National Foster Parent Association
• The National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
• Casey Family Programs
• Gay and Lesbian Adoption and Foster Care Issues - from the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning

New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc
410 East Upland Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
607-272-0034 • fax: 607-272-0034
office@nysccc.org
07/21/2008