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Adoption/Placement

	Inspiration Corner: An Adoption Story (May 2000)
	Influencing Your Child's Placement Plan (Fall 1997)
	Does My Child Qualify for Adoption Assistance? (Spring 1998)
	What if Every Child in Foster Care Had One Single, Stable Placement? (Fall 1997)
	Transracial Adoption: What is the Law? (Spring 1998)
	Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 Signed into Law (Spring 1998)

Advice

	Parent to Parent: Fear at Bedtime (Spring 1997)
	Parent to Parent: Shy and Withdrawn (Summer 1997)
	Parent to Parent: Saying Goodbye (Fall 1998)
	Parent to Parent: Privacy (Spring 1998)
	What Would You Do? Ronny ((Fall 1997)
	What Would You Do? Ronny: Response (Spring 1998)
	What Would You Do? Tasha (Summer 1997)
	What Would You Do? Tasha and the Jamisons: Response (Fall 1997)
	What Would You Do? Shane (Spring 1998)
	What Would You Do? Shane: Response (Fall 1998)
	What Would You Do? Eric & Danny (Spring 1997)
	What Would You Do? Eric & Danny: Response (Summer 1997)

Foster Parents and Foster Kids

	What the Public Should Know About Kids in Foster Care (May 2000)
	Permanence for teens: The ultimate challenge (Spring 1999)
	Do You Have the Information You Need? (Fall 1998)
	Kinship Foster Families Face Major Changes (Fall 1998)
	Kinship Care & Kinship Foster Care (Fall 1998)
	What I'd Like Foster Parents to Know: Expectations and Desires of Children in Foster Care (Fall 1998)
	What Does North Carolina's Focus on Permanence Mean for Foster Parents? (Spring 1999)
	Working with birth parents: Interview with Brenda Crider (Spring 1999)
	Tips for working with birth parents (Spring 1999)
	Suggestions for engaging birth parents (May 2000)
	Foster Dads and Fostering (Spring 1998)
	A Young Child's Point of View on Foster Care and Adoption (Spring 1999)
	A Day in the Life of a Foster Parent (Summer 1997)
	Respite Care Makes a Tremendous Difference for Some North Carolina Foster Parents (Fall 1999)
	Thoughts on Foster Parent Grief (Summer 1997)
	Preparing for a Respite Stay (Fall 1999)
	Things to Remember About Respite (Fall 1999)

Inspirational

	Sudden and Silent: A Killer Among Us (SIDS) (Fall 1997)
	The Voice of a Child (May 2000)
	Thank You (Summer 1997)
	Inspiration Corner: An Adoption Story (May 2000)
	I am a Foster Mother (Fall 1997)
	Every Child (Spring 1998)
	The Other Mother (Spring 1997)
	Room for One More (Fall 1999)
	Second Floor (Fall 1999)
	Inspiration Corner (Fall 1998)
	It's Crazy How Kids Blossom (Fall 1997)
	It's Worth Every Moment (Spring 1999)
	Waiting for the Phone to Ring (Spring 1999)
	Grandma, Why Are You Sad? (Fall 1999)
	Getting to the Heart of It (Spring 1999)
	Hear the Cries (Spring 1999)
	What a Child Might Say (Spring 1999)
	Young Man Turns From Gang Life to God's Work (Fall 1997)

Teens

	Ready or Not, Here I Come (Spring 1997)
	Excerpt from SAY SO's letter to Governor Hunt (Spring 1999)
	Youth speak out on foster care (May 2000)
	Encourage foster teens to join SAY SO! (Spring 1999)
	Taking it to the to: SAY SO members go to Washington (Spring 1999)
	Youth have a "SAY SO" in foster care (Fall 1998)
	Stay, just a little bit longer! (Fall 1998)
	Taking it to the to: SAY SO members go to Washington (Spring 1999)
	Special Events for Foster Youth and Foster Parents (May 2000)
	Awards night: Making education count! (Spring 1999)
	Banquets recognize teen's achievements (Fall 1998)
	Youth days: An investment in the future (Fall 1998)
	Permanence for teens: The ultimate challenge (Spring 1999)

Resources for Foster Parents

	Web Resources for Foster Parents (Fall 1998)
	Foster Care: A Glossary of Terms (Spring 1997)
	Resources for Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren (Fall 1999)
	Important Information for Kinship Caregivers (Fall 1999)
	Useful WWW Sites (Fall 1999)

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