Article: FOSTER PARENT SHIELD LAW DEBATED.(News)

Article: CAROL'S CORNER; Foster Parents Are Needed!
Columbus Times;  August 31, 2005 ;     667 words ......friends who are foster parents and it means...parent can be a foster parent. The foster...apply? The foster parent program is...Fountain City Foster Parents Association...desire to be a foster parent. Foster parents only receive...

Article: Foster parents are left alone to fight lawsuits Lack of government support exposes vulnerable side of foster care
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ......leaving the foster parents to fend for themselves...suits allege the foster parents were negligent...vulnerability of foster parents, many of whom...advocates for foster parents say. The cases...May 1998. Some foster parents interviewed said...represent ...

Article: County set to enact foster parents' bill of rights
Oakland Tribune;  August 13, 2005 ;     470 words ...REDWOOD CITY -- Foster parents in San Mateo County...under a powerful foster parent bill of rights...document spells out foster parent rights -- from...required to inform foster parents within 24 hours...raise awareness of foster parent needs and ...

Article: Wash. Foster Parents Want to Form Union
AP Online;  June 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......plate held by foster parent Beth Canfield...in 23 years as foster parents, recently joined...The full-time foster parent hopes to become...first union of foster parents, and hope to win...himself a former foster parent. "You don't do...Washington state's ...

Article: Desire to help is basic quality in foster parents
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 4, 1998 ;     235 words ......Can only married couples be foster parents? A: No. Single people can be foster parents, too. Q: Must foster parents have children of their own? A: No. Potential foster parents need to have some experience...may, but the primary purpose of foster care is to ...

Article: Supply of local foster parents dwindling DCFS running out of places to put kids who need help.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  February 21, 2000 ;     700+ words ......boosting its foster parent ranks. The good...adopted by their foster parents, reducing the...who will give foster parents a break from...integrating the foster parent with the treatment...current and former foster parents done by the Casey...said being a ...

Article: Foster parents warn of boycott over CYF
The Press;  October 5, 2005 ;     548 words ......return a call to a foster parent about a child...sometimes let foster parents down. The department...caregiver." Another foster parent said she was told...concerns aired by foster parents who spoke to The...was working with foster parents to improve the ...

Article: Foster parents want to unionize
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 22, 2006 ;     615 words ......The full-time foster parent hopes to become...first union of foster parents, and hope to win...professional corps of foster parents. They also hope...and the union foster parent." Washington state...himself a former foster parent. "You don't ...

Article: EDITORIAL: No secret caretakers: Identities of foster parents should remain on records open to public scrutiny.(Editorial)
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  May 17, 2007 ;     455 words ......for prospective foster parents and increase coordination...hiding the names of foster parents from the public...discouraging potential foster parents and to protect...identifying potential foster parents far outweigh any...would be unfit as a foster parent ...

Article: UNIONIZING FOSTER PARENTS BAD IDEA.(Editorial)(Column)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......system for foster parent licensing, it was drafted by Foster Parents Association...becomes law, foster parents will be viewed...Will every foster parent be forced...for every foster parent. Do foster parents want a union...

Article: Washington state foster parents want to unionize
Charleston Gazette;  June 22, 2006 ;     615 words ......The full-time foster parent hopes to become...first union of foster parents, and hope to win...professional corps of foster parents. They also hope...and the union foster parent." Washington state...himself a former foster parent. "You don't ...

Article: Foster parents provide vital service.
Sedalia Democrat (Sedalia, MO);  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......or she became a foster parent and it is not...the truth, but foster parents are not the kind...A professional foster parent must also complete...license period. Some foster parents prefer to open...Others become foster parents with the goal...contact with ...

Article: Foster Parents Love Kids but Loathe System
Yakima Herald-Republic;  September 9, 2003 ;     511 words ......HERALD-REPUBLIC Foster parents aren't in it...and threatens foster parents' careers by...organization for foster parents, called Central Washington Foster Parent Association...parents said. Foster parents used...reasons that foster parents ...

Article: CAMPAIGN TO RECRUIT FOSTER FAMILIES POOL OF FOSTER PARENTS IS SMALLER THAN IT USED TO BE, OFFICIALS SAY
Evansville Courier & Press;  February 12, 2004 ;     667 words ......trained to be foster parents that many don...at recruiting foster parents had been sporadic...Unfortunately, many foster parents "adopted out...there are no foster parent homes available...materials explaining foster parenting, the...to potential foster ...