A Child's Journey Through Placement (Vera Fahlberg)    
This book contains valuable information about the needs of children dealing with separation and loss.

A Guidebook for Raising Foster Children (Susan McNair Blatt)    
This book provides valuable suggestions for parents to help guide their foster children through past trauma and find meaning in their foster care experience.

Learning Curves: Education Advocacy for Children in Foster Care    
Katheleen McNaught from the ABA Center on Children and the Law is the author. The book addresses why advocacy is important, key issues, and strategies to meet children/youth's needs are identified. The information is easily understood, practical, and provides a guide for the advocacy role that caseworkers, foster parents, GALS, etc. should take when working with children/youth in foster care. The appendices contain valuable resources.

Legal Options for Permanency for Children (Article, 89 KB, DOC)    
This article describes the different options for permanency for children. It defines the best uses for each one.

My Journey Into Foster Care    
This is a useful guide that will provide information for youth entering the foster care system. The guide is written in English and Spanish.

Sam Has A New Home (Jan Riddle)    
A book for young children(ages 6-12) who are entering foster care. It is helpful for both the foster child and the foster parent to read this book together in order to help the child understand about being in foster care.

The Star: A Story to Help Young Children Understand Foster Care (Cynthia Miller Lovell, Angie J. Przystas [Illustrator])    
The Star is an easy to read children's book with lovely watercolor illustrations. It follows the story of a young girl, Kit, who is removed from her home and placed into foster care.

Update to FAFSA Application (PDF, 80.2kb, pdf)    
Information regarding financial aid for adoptive/foster care children.