Entering Foster Care
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Click here for a form for young people entering foster care to fill out which contains basic information about them
Click here for a checklist of belongings for young people entering foster care
- What is foster care?
- Who are these people who have taken me out of my home and what gives them the right?
- Now that I'm going into foster care, what's going to happen?
- Why am I in foster care?
- Why doesn't someone tell me what is going on?
- How long will I be in care?
- Where am I going to live?
- Do people go through my stuff?
- What will happen to all my stuff at my old house?
- When I’m in foster care, will I be able to see my family?
- Will I be able to see my old friends?
- Will I be separated from my brothers and sisters?
- Can I bring my pet with me to foster care?
- How can I let my opinions be heard when I'm entering foster care?
- My parent is really, really upset and angry at me. What do I do?
- Why can’t they make the abuser leave so I can stay home?
- I promise to be good. Why can't I just go back home with my family? Can I see them?
- How about friends, classmates and others. Do they need to know? Can I see them?
- Types of Foster Homes
Foster to Famous!!!
Alonzo Mourning
Anthony "Cos" DiCosmo
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Billy Mills
Bruce Oldfield
Carl Hancock Rux
Charlotte Ayanna
Cher
Dan O'Brien
Darryl "DMC" McDaniels
Daunte Culpepper
Dave Pelzer
Dr. Wayne Dyer
Eddie Murphy
Eriq LaSalle
Esai Morales
Ice T
James Dean
John Lennon
Malcolm X
Michael Oher
Marilyn Monroe
Ruth Westheimer
Steve Jobs
Marilyn Monroe
Superman
Tom Monaghan
Tommy Davidson
Victoria Rowell
Willie Nelson








some youth are placed in care just after birth.
There are alot of scholarships just for young people in foster care. A great place to start looking is the Higher Learning Section of the Transistion Club:
http://transition.fosterclub.com/article/higher-ed
whats the youngest a person has been in foster care?
what kinds of scholarships and finacialprograms ands housing programs are open to only foster children?
when did foster start?
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