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Foster
Care and Adoption Services
Foster
Care
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Foster
Care is a service to keep families together-- not to drive them
apart. |
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Foster
Care is the temporary placement of a child with another
family. |
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It's
for children who are abused, neglected, emotionally maltreated or
abandoned. |
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It's
homes for children whose parents cannot parent them right now. |
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It's a
place for children to become healthier |
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Foster
Care is temporary. |
Foster
Care is founded on the beliefs that children grow up better in
families. The first choice is with their birth families. Temporary
foster care is the second choice. We use this choice to help the child
and birth parents work out their problems. Adoptive families enter the
picture only if the birth family problems cannot be resolved.
Adoption
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Adoption
offers more permanency to a child because it is a legal commitment |
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Adoption
is intended to last forever |
Interested
in becoming a Foster/Adoptive Family?
All interested individuals
and families need to go thru an application and screening process
which includes participating in a series of classes called
"Group Preparation and Selection of Foster and/or Adoptive
Families" (GPS for short)
These
series of classes ensure that families know what will be expected of
them and what to expect in the child who will be in foster care or
adopted.
Some
of the topics covered in these classes include:
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What
is the Group Preparation and Selection Program and what's
involved |
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An
Understanding of the Foster Care and Adoption Experience |
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Losses
and Gains: The need to be a Loss Expert |
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Helping
Children with Attachments |
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Helping
Children Learn to Manage Their Behaviors |
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Helping
Children with Birth Family Connections |
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Gains
and Losses: Helping Children Leave Foster Care |
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Understanding
the Impact of Fostering or Adopting |
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Perspectives
in Adoptive Parenting and Foster Parenting |
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Endings
and Beginnings. |
Links
to More Information about Adoption
Child
Photolisting - A photographic listing of children waiting
for adoption in New York State.
Family
Adoption Registry - The Family Adoption Registry is an
opportunity for prospective parents to register their interest in
adopting New York State's waiting children.
Adoption
Information - Answers to frequent questions about the
adoption process.
Adoption
Subsidy Information - A resource to help caseworkers
expedite the adoption subsidy eligibility and approval process, with
special emphasis on handicapped subsidies
Other
Adoption Resources - Links to other resources for adoptive
parents.
Contact
Us - Have a question that isn't answered here? Drop us a
line.
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