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May is National Foster Care Month

Keeping Foster Care Temporary

National Foster Care Month 2009 is an opportunity to acknowledge the dedicated work of foster parents and draw attention to programs and practices that promote permanency for children and youth. Whether as foster parents, volunteers, mentors, child welfare professionals, or policymakers, keeping foster care temporary is everyone's responsibility.





 

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Foster Care: Change a LifetimeNational Foster Care Month
May is National Foster Care Month—Currently, nearly half a million children in the United States are in foster care because their own families are in crisis and unable to provide for their essential well-being. Find more information on how you can help by visiting the National Foster Care Month website.

Children's Bureau Training and Technical Assistance Network
Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Builds the capacity of State, local, Tribal, and other publicly administered or publicly supported child welfare agencies and family and juvenile courts through the provision of training, technical assistance, research, and consultation on the full array of Federal requirements administered by the Children's Bureau. (PDF - 241 KB)

 

 

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