Article: FOSTER PARENTS DWINDLE DUE TO LOW WAGES AND LACK OF SUPPORT.(News)

Article: HELP IS ON WAY FOR FOSTER PARENTS GRANT APPROVED ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  November 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... last Tuesday to provide respite care or baby sitters for foster parents, he breathed a sigh of ... month per household - of respite care. All foster households ... foster-care households. Foster parents must contribute $2 an hour ...

Article: Clacks residents are asked to foster possibilities of ...
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  January 8, 2007 ;     475 words ... ... residents to sign up as respite carers to allow full-time foster parents time to take a short holiday. Respite carers can also provide ... successful. Child care team manager Charlie Gracie said: "Respite care could be for a day, for a weekend or for a fortnight, based ...

Article: Minn. foster parents and Texas grandparents battle ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 29, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... frantic searching, their foster parents found them in Houston. They ... custody of the girls to the foster parents, a Texas judge awarded custody ... and Kandi became licensed foster parents and provided respite care for him. Felicia and Natasha ...

Article: Utah needs more foster parents
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 28, 2003 ;     684 words ... ... system or abused by foster parents -- are more often ... brother," however. Foster parents need reasonable financial stipends, respite care and a network of services ... conditions. Some Utah foster parents, after going through ...

Article: Call for more foster parents.(News)
The People (London, England);  October 1, 2000 ;     317 words ... ... children waiting for foster homes in Ulster. Over half of these children need long term and permanent foster parents while others need respite care for weekends or short periods. Kate Lewis, director of the Foster Care Association, said: "Carers ...

Article: Joan Aragone: Foster parents love their jobs
Oakland Tribune;  July 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... county, including 10 who have been foster parents for more than 30 years. As foster parents enter the system, they can participate ... parenting, but she will still provide respite care for other foster parents, a few hours at a time. That Granny ...

Article: Foster parents to join state union: Move would be ...
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  May 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... both social workers and foster parents. Across the nation, many support services for foster parents have been squeezed from ... transportation service and respite care, intended to give foster parents a break. Unionization ...