Looking for regular updates on what’s happening in the real of foster care? There are many regular publications available, from daily newsletters to annual journals. Here is a small selection:
Fostering Families Today is a bi-monthly magazine distributed to resource families and agencies across the country offering resources, expert opinions, practical advice and information on the latest evidence-based best practices for supporting children and youth who come from traumatic backgrounds.
Children’s Voice – a seasonal magazine covering national, state and local news and issues that affect children, youth and families. (Published by Child Welfare League of America.)
The Imprint is a daily news publication dedicated to rigorous, in-depth journalism focused on families and the systems that impact their lives. (They also have a weekly podcast by the same name.)
Fostering Perspectives – a twice-annual magazine published to promote the professional development of child welfare workers and all the parents involved in the North Carolina foster system.
Podcasts
Honestly Adoption Podcast provides practical tips and real-life experiences from foster and adoptive parents
Fostering Voices explores the joys and challenges of fostering through heartfelt conversations.
SafeCamp Audio is a nonprofit audio hub featuring podcasts on topics like foster care, adoption, youth justice, kinship and more that you won’t find anywhere else.