Archive for the ‘Foster Parent Association’ Category

Florida's DCF caseworkers need to more closely monitor the whereabouts of children in state custody.

Question:
> It says quite clearly that they died as the result of abuse and neglect in > foster care.
Bur is doesn’t say abuse and neglect *whilst* in foster care.? It could mean  died *whilst* in foster care. ie the results of *prior* abuse and neglect by natural parents, with the "result" [...]

foster parent vs. CASA

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I have a question for foster parents concerning the involvement of a CASA volunteer in your house. Every so often I get a new CASA who thinks she is GOD, and gets angry when I don’t bow to her. Several years ago, we had one yell at us that we could [...]

Response to Ron :::::::::::::::::

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Ron wrote: > >>But I am curious about a statement you make.  "foster care survivors". > >>I am a High School survivor.  I am also a "Childhood" survivor.  I > >>have survived 1 war, 3 Police Actions (In the military sense), and > [...]

MA Baby Suffers Brain Damage

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Thank you Shelli… people like little Stevie whine and cry how if it happened there would be all these public investigations and the news media would be on them like white on rice. Yes, one would surely think so. So one has to wonder, since we know these events are happening, [...]

Newsgroup Charter

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"Robert D. Vanderslice II" wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Greetings > I started this newsgroup several years ago, and at that time a charter was > published.  However since it’s first publication, I have been negligent in > periodically publishing it, as the volume [...]

We want to foster.

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Hello,   My wife and I are looking to get into foster care to help a helpless child, but we don’t know where to start or look.  We live in Iowa and can’t find much information.  No  wonder there are enough foster parents.  Anyone that can help please respond.  Our e-mail [...]

False Allegations

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We have had false allegations made against us too.  You are ALL alone with concerns of the agency, or atleast that’s what we experienced.  I hope you have documented everything well.  That was our savior.  Becuase we had documented eveyrthing so well that when they contronted the child with what she [...]

Fostering Can Be Hazardous To Your Health

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Fostering is hazardous to your health.  I am a foster parent who has been blacklisted by our government.  I have not been able to get a job, and have had a few brave souls tell me that they were told by the Ministry NOT to hire me, but given no [...]

Considering Fostering Children

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My wife and I are seriously considering becomeing foster parents. My wife’s a part-time LPN and I’m a custodian in a public school. We’re researching this presently. What kind of information can you give us? Craig

Response:
In article <3817DB10.DBE9A…@lancnews.infi.net>, Craig Bathurst  <bathu…@lancnews.infi.net> wrote: >My wife and I are seriously [...]

Foster parents support group

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Hi Colette!  I am not an officer, but am an active participating member in our local foster parent association support group.   There are a LOT of foster parents in our area….but very few that regularly attend support group meetings.  I am fairly new to foster parenting (just less than a [...]