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Links to helpful websites

1. California Court Forms http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/forms.cgi

Very good site, you need a form for a court proceeding it is here.

2. Child Welfare League of America  http://www.cwla.org

3. Foster Care Ombudsman http://www.fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov

4. Foster Care Ombudsman Complaint Form

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

5. Youth Law Center  http://www.ylc.org

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

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

7. California Law and the Children of Prisoners   http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/03/03/03-003.pdf

8. Adopt Us Kids   http://www.adoptuskids.org  

9. Foster Family Services http://www.fosterfamilyservice.org

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

11. Children and Family Services Division    http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/

12. ICPC Interstate Compact Placement Request Forms  - Children and Family Services Division, California Department of Social Services

 http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/PG1316.htm (Look under ICPC )

13. Information about California Department of Justice

Background Checks  http://www.ccld.ca.gov/Res/pdf/FactSheet.pdf

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

http://www.fosterparentlawyers.com

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

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

16. First 5 of Amador

http://www.first5amador.com/index.html

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

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

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

19. TeamChild Advocay for Youth

http://www.teamchild.org

(Good Education Advocacy Manual)

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

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

www.volcanopress.com

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

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

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

22.Amador Superior Court's Web site

http://www.amadorcourt.org

23. Amador County Department of Social Services

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

24. California Department of Social Services Forms (Adoption forms look under AAP and  AD)

http://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/PG164.htm

http://www.cdss.ca.gov/lettersnotices/PG1459.htm - (Notice of 2008 form changes)

25. California Department of Social Services Forms

Foster Family Home Application Instructions

http://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/English/LIC283A.pdf

Forms that go with the application

http://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/PG166.htm (Licensing Forms - Look under  LIC)

http://www.cdss.ca.gov/lettersnotices/PG1459.htm - (Notice of 2008 form changes)

26. 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/

27. El Dorado Superior Court's Web site

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

28. El Dorado County Department of Social Services             

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