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Links to helpful websites

1. California Court Forms

http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/forms.cgi

2. Foster Care Education Resource Library Fantastic

http://www.fkce.com/library.aspx

3. Child Welfare League of America

http://www.cwla.org

4. Foster Care Ombudsman

http://www.fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov

5. Foster Care Ombudsman Complaint Form

http://www.fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov/Complaints.html

6. Youth Law Center

http://www.ylc.org

7. Halfway Rach Transitional Housing for Girls, in Amador County

http://www.Halfwayranch.org  

8. Manual for Parents in Prison (Very good manual)

http://www.prisonerswithchildren.org/pubs/ipm/foster.htm

9. California Law and the Children of Prisoners

http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/03/03/03-003.pdf

10. Adopt Us Kids

http://www.adoptuskids.org  

11. Environmental Alternatives Foster Family Agency  http://www.ea.org

12. National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/

13. Children and Family Services Division

http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/

14. California Department of Social Services Forms (A-D Adoption forms)

http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/On-lineFor_272.htm

15. California Department of Social Services Forms (L-P Licensing Foster Forms)

http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/On-lineFor_293.htm

16. Information about California Department of Justice

Background Checks

http://www.ccld.ca.gov/TheBackgro_1785.htm

17. Foster Parent Legal Resource Center (Good legal udate information)

http://www.fosterparentlawyers.com

18. California Courts Self-Help Juvenile Law (Very Good Site)

http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/qna.htm#juvenile

18. Foster Care Life Books.    Click on book to go to site.  

19.Child Abuser Web Site - You can lookup where child abusser live in your County.

http://www.MegansLaw.CA.Gov      Very good site!

20. TeamChild Advocay for Youth

http://www.teamchild.org

(Good Education Advocacy Manual)

http://www.teamchild.org/manual.html

21. Volcano Press  An excellent book on Identifying Child Abuse and other issues related to abuse, neglect and domestic violence.

www.volcanopress.com

22. Developmental Issues for Young Children in Foster Care (RE0012)

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

http://www.aap.org/policy/re0012.html

23. Foster Parent Community

http://www.fosterparents.com

24.Amador Superior Court's Web site

http://www.amadorcourt.org

25. Amador County Department of Social Services

http://www.co.amador.ca.us/depts/cps/index.htm

26. El Dorado Superior Court's Web site

http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/superiorcourts/

27. El Dorado County Department of Social Services             

 http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/socialservices

28. Parenting Quizzes

Check out their collection of Parenting and Child care Quizzes for both new and experienced parents. They also have loads of other useful & fun resources for parents.

http://www.3smartcubes.com/