About Fostering Perspectives

About Fostering Perspectives

Fostering Perspectives is sponsored by the North Carolina Division of Social Services, the North Carolina Foster and Adoptive Parent Association, SAYSO (Strong Able Youth Speaking Out), and the Family and Children's Resource Program, part of the Jordan Institute for Families at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. These organizations contribute to the development and production of each issue in an effort to improve the quality of foster care in North Carolina.

Address correspondence to Fostering Perspectives, c/o John McMahon, Jordan Institute for Families, 1459 Sand Hill Rd., No. 6 (DSS), Candler, NC 28715; Tel: 828/670-5051; Fax: 828/670-5053; E-mail: jdmcmaho@unc.edu.

Advisory Board, May 2011

R. Patrick Betancourt, NC Division of Social Services

Becky Burmester, Foster and Adpotive Parent

Nancy Carter, Independent Living Resources, Inc.

Stacey Darbee, NC Foster and Adoptive Parents Association

Lana Dial, NC Administrative Office of the Courts

Sue Dickinson, Consultant

Trishana Jones, NC Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office

Karen LeClair, Family Support Program

Nicole Lyght, SaySo

Co-Wefa Lyda, NC Foster and Adoptive Parents Association

Marie Montague, Durham County DSS

Dwayne Wakefield, SaySo

Robyn Weiser , NC Kids Adoption and Foster Care Network

Lauren Zingraff, Independent Living Resources

Editorial Staff

Editor: John McMahon, UNC-CH School of Social Work

Assistant Editor: Mellicent Blythe, UNC-CH School of Social Work

Website: John McMahon, UNC-CH School of Social Work

Mission
Fostering Perspectives exists to promote the professional development of North Carolina's child welfare workers and foster parents and to provide a forum where the people involved in the child welfare system can exchange ideas about foster care in North Carolina.

Disclaimer
The opinions and beliefs expressed herein are not necessarily those of its publishers, the NC Division of Social Services and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. In the effort to serve readers, we sometimes reference other sources of information (books, web pages). Any listing of this sort is not necessarily an endorsement of these references.

Frequency
Fostering Perspectives is published in May and November of each year.

Distribution
A printed copy of Fostering Perspectives is sent directly to all of North Carolina's county departments of social services and to all foster parents and group homes licensed through the NC Division of Social Services. If you think you should be receiving Fostering Perspectives but are not, please contact us at the above address or by e-mail.

If you wish to receive notification via e-mail when new issues of Fostering Perspectives appear online, send an e-mail message to jdmcmaho@unc.edu with "subscribe FP" in the subject line.

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