About Fostering Perspectives

About Fostering Perspectives

Fostering Perspectives is sponsored by the North Carolina Division of Social Services, the North Carolina Foster Parent Association, SAYSO (Strong Able Youth Speaking Out), and the NC 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, Candler, NC 28715; Tel: 828/670-5051; Fax: 828/670-5053; E-mail: johnmcmahon@mindspring.com.

Advisory Board, January 2005

Becky Burmester, Foster and Adpotive Parent

Elizabeth Cassedy, Chatham County DSS

Nancy Dunham, Alamance County DSS

Sheryl Ewing, NC Foster and Adoptive Parent Association

Karen LeClair, Family Support Network of North Carolina

Melinda Medina, Former Foster Youth

Marie Montague, Durham County DSS

Jenifer Montsinger, Orange County DSS

Jeanne Preisler, NC KIDS Adoption and Foster Care Network

Editorial Staff

Editor-in-Chief: Teresa Turner, NC Division of Social Services

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

Assistant Editor: Amy Ramirez, 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 johnmcmahon@mindspring.com with "subscribe FP" in the subject line.