Fostering NC
A learning site for North Carolina foster and adoptive parents and kinship caregivers.
What We Do
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Promoting Normalcy
This 1-hour course is about supporting the social and emotional development of young people in foster care by applying the “reasonable and prudent parent standard.” It explains how foster parents can use this standard to help children and youth in … Continued
Critical Partners for Permanency
This 1-hour course explains why North Carolina prefers to achieve permanence through reunification or kinship care, the importance of shared parenting and helping youth maintain connections with people that matter to them, and the role kinship care can play in … Continued
Preparing for and Responding to Disasters
This course teaches North Carolina resource parents how to keep children and youth safe before, during, and after disasters. (1 hr.) Take course…
Court: Roles and Obligations of Foster Parents
Topics covered by this 1-hour course include the key players in the court process, the types of court hearings, responsibilities of foster parents in court proceedings, and North Carolina’s Foster Parents’ Bill of Rights. Take course…
What We Do
On‐Demand Courses
The short courses, all of which are free, are available any time and include a certificate of completion learners can share with their supervising agencies.
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Resources
The following are key resources for North Carolina’s foster and adoptive parents and kinship caregivers.
Foster parents are encouraged to talk in advance to their supervising agency about obtaining training credit through fosteringNC.org.
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