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May is Foster Care Month
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Resources

Foster Parent Training and Support Assessment

Foster Parent Training and Support Assessment Survey Results - January 2004

Publications

The following are available for download as Adobe Acrobat pdfs.

• Caring for Children with Special Needs Manual
• A Child Is Waiting - Foster Care Information - Pub. 4801
  • English - A Child Is Waiting - Foster Care Information
  • Español - Un Niño(a) le Está Esperando - Información sobre Cuidado de Crianza
  • 
    Arabic - A Child is Waiting: Foster Care Information
  • 
    Chinese - A Child is Waiting: Foster Care Information
  • 
    Russian - A Child is Waiting: Foster Care Information
• Foster Care Poster
• New York State Foster Parent Manual Pub. 5011
  • English - New York State Foster Parent Manual
  • Español - Manual para los Padres de Crianza del Estado de Nueva York
• Handbook for Youth in Foster Care Pub. 5028
  • English - Handbook for Youth in Foster Care
  • Español - Manual para los Jóvenes en el Sistema de Cuidado de Crianza
• New York State Foster Parent's Guide to Adoption Pub. 5033
  • English - New York State Foster Parent's Guide to Adoption
  • Español - Guía de Adopción del Estado de Nueva York para Padres de Crianza
• New York City Foster Parent's Guide to Adoption Pub. 5022
  • English - New York City Foster Parent's Guide to Adoption
  • Español - Guía de Adopción de la Ciudad de Nueva York para Padres de Crianza
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    Chinese - New York City Foster Parent's Guide to Adoption Pub. 5022-CH (PDF 293k)
  • 
    Russian - New York City Foster Parent's Guide to Adoption Pub. 5022-RU (PDF 577k)

Websites

• National Foster Care Month (May)
• National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning
• New York City Administration for Children's Services foster parent resource page
• Foster Care and Adoption for Waiting Children (El Cuidado de Crianza y la Adopcion Para los Niños que Esperan)
• Federal Administration for Children and Families
• New York State Kinship Navigator
• Kinship Care Information
• National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search
• New York State Citizen's Coalition for Children
• New York City Launches Foster Parent Recruitment Ad Campaign