Article: Foster parents would be shielded ; Legislation awaiting Strickland's signature requires more training but provides veil of secrecy.

Article: The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, Ann Fisher column: Don't let bad foster parents hide behind law.(Column)
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  May 16, 2007 ;     578 words ......names and addresses of all Ohio foster parents. Instead, they should craft a law...a friend and colleague put it: Foster parents kill a kid, so we're going to make the names of all foster parents secret -- to protect the children...

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 ......foster care have sued the children's foster parents for negligence, leaving the foster parents to fend for themselves in court with...1997 and 1998. The suits allege the foster parents were negligent in their care and also...

Article: Foster Parents Ask State for Investigation
Yakima Herald-Republic;  June 16, 2000 ;     417 words ...About a dozen foster parents met with a representative from...meetings are expected between foster parents and several state agencies, including...relationship between many Yakima Valley foster parents and DSHS became increasingly adversarial...

Article: CAROL'S CORNER; Foster Parents Are Needed!
Columbus Times;  August 31, 2005 ;     667 words ...Gertjegerdes, Carol Columbus Times 08-31-2005 Foster parents are needed. I found Out this is the...resource. I have personal friends who are foster parents and it means the difference in the...However, there is the Fountain City Foster Parents Association. They can give sound advice...

Article: Utah needs more foster parents
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 28, 2003 ;     476 words ...Foster parents are tired of being painted with a broad brush...government scrutiny, so much so that some committed foster parents are giving up, which compounds the chronic shortage of foster parents nationwide. In Utah, the need for foster parents...

Article: Foster parents to press for more pay They plan to meet with legislators today
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 18, 1997 ;     543 words ...Wisconsin's foster parents, fed up with being among the lowest...Officials with the Wisconsin Federation of Foster Parents, sponsor of the rally, say they have been contacted by many foster parents who are "taking out of their own pocket...

Article: State lawmakers endorse standards for treatment of foster parents.
Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE);  April 2, 2007 ;     562 words ......Human Services System should treat foster parents. Legislative Bill 461 outlines expectations relating to foster parents and children and requires the...offered it because reports from some foster parents suggest that the agency is not...

Article: Foster parents want to unionize
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 22, 2006 ;     615 words ......believed to be the nation's first union of foster parents, and hope to win the right to bargain...experienced, professional corps of foster parents. They also hope to secure better compensation...organize the state's estimated 6,000 foster parents. Daniele Baxter said foster ...

Article: Life and strife of foster parents
Sunday Star-Times;  February 8, 1998 ;     700+ words ......it's a couple of hours before the foster parents get back to bed -- but they're used...And if it's not late night calls, the foster parents at this home have to deal with being...another foster dad. But, according to the foster parents, there's nothing more rewarding than...

Article: STATE TRAILS IN PAYING FOSTER PARENTS BUT U.S. STUDY'S CONCLUSIONS ARE QUESTIONED.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......high-cost Seattle area. But the amount paid to foster parents in Washington falls far behind actual living...part of the story of how the state reimburses foster parents. Foster parents in Washington receive a monthly base reimbursement...

Article: Wash. Foster Parents Want to Form Union
AP Online;  June 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......helped hundreds of kids in 23 years as foster parents, recently joined the Washington Federation...believed to be the nation's first union of foster parents, and hope to win the right to bargain...experienced, professional corps of foster parents. They also hope to secure better ...

Article: Washington state foster parents want to unionize
Charleston Gazette;  June 22, 2006 ;     615 words ......believed to be the nation's first union of foster parents, and hope to win the right to bargain...experienced, professional corps of foster parents. They also hope to secure better compensation...organize the state's estimated 6,000 foster parents. Daniele Baxter said foster ...

Article: McLean County low on foster parents
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  April 13, 2005 ;     402 words ......In McLean County, a chronic shortage of foster parents -- especially minority foster parents -- often makes that situation worse. Some...things for them." Hoping to recruit more foster parents, the McLean County Foster Care Coalition...

Article: UNIONIZING FOSTER PARENTS BAD IDEA.(Editorial)(Column)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......parent licensing, it was drafted by Foster Parents Association of Washington (FPAWS...the first step toward unionizing foster parents. HB3145 establishes collective bargaining for foster parents, classifies them as state employees...