This document contains questions and answers about fostering and the foster care system. It discusses who arranges foster care placements, that there are over 400,000 children in the US foster care system, and that foster care training is provided by placement agencies. It also addresses the types of children placed in foster care, the medical training required for foster parents, and that foster parents must provide a stable and nurturing environment.

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3. Topic 1 – 10 Points
QUESTION:
What is Foster Parenting
ANSWER:
A system where minor is placed in care of certified caregiver.

4. Topic 1 – 20 Points
QUESTION:
•Who arranges care?
ANSWER:
Placement agency

5. Topic 1 – 30 Points
QUESTION:
•How many children in the U.S. Foster Care System
ANSWER:
•(408,435)

6. Topic 1 – 40 Points
QUESTION:
•Who was the first foster kid?
ANSWER:
(Who was Benjamin Eaton)

7. Topic 1 – 50 Points
QUESTION:
•What month of the year is Foster Care month?
ANSWER:
•(May)

8. Topic 2 – 10 Points
QUESTION:
•Who provides foster care training for foster parents?
ANSWER:
•(Placement Agency)

9. Topic 2 – 20 Points
QUESTION:
•What types of foster parents are need?
ANSWER:
•(all types)

10. Topic 2 – 30 Points
QUESTION:
• What type of medical training is required?
ANSWER:
•(CPR, Psytropic Medication, Trauma)

11. Topic 2 – 40 Points
QUESTION:
•What happens if foster parents do not stay current with training?
ANSWER:
•(lose license)

12. Topic 2 – 50 Points
QUESTION:
•What type of agencies is foster care provided by?
ANSWER:
•(both private and public)

13. Topic 3 – 10 Points
QUESTION:
•What type of children are placed in foster care?
ANSWER:
•(regular children that have been abused or neglected)

14. Topic 3 – 20 Points
QUESTION:
•What ages are foster children?
ANSWER:
•(0-17)

15. Topic 3 – 30 Points
QUESTION:
•Can foster kids suffer from PTSD?
ANSWER:
•(at almost two times the rate of returning veterans)

16. Topic 3 – 40 Points
QUESTION:
• What types of homes are foster kids placed in?
ANSWER:
•(About ½ of all foster kids are in non-relative foster homes)

17. Topic 3 – 50 Points
QUESTION:
•What is the average age of a foster child?
ANSWER:
•(9)

18. Topic 4 – 10 Points
QUESTION:
•What is foster to adopt.
ANSWER:
•(foster parent legally adopt foster child)

19. Topic 4 – 20 Points
QUESTION:
• What disqualifies a family from adopting foster child?
ANSWER:
•(instability and criminal background)

20. Topic 4 – 30 Points
QUESTION:
•Are there certain state laws that are universal?
ANSWER:
•(laws vary from state to state)

21. Topic 4 – 40 Points
QUESTION:
•How long do you have to foster parent before you can
adopt?
ANSWER:
•(no set amount of time)

22. Topic 4 – 50 Points
QUESTION:
•What is recommend that potential foster parent do before
adopting?
ANSWER:
•(finding appropriate resources)

23. Topic 5 – 10 Points
QUESTION:
•What type of environment does a foster parent have to provide?
ANSWER:
•(stable and nuturing)

24. Topic 5 – 20 Points
QUESTION:
•How often do foster kids have to eat?
ANSWER:
•(3)

25. Topic 5 – 30 Points
QUESTION:
•What type of paperwork is require of the foster parent?
ANSWER:
•(all medical records, school records, and daily activity log)

26. Topic 5 – 40 Points
QUESTION:
•Who is chosen 1st
, a kinship relative or foster parent?
ANSWER:
•(Kinship)

27. Topic 5 – 50 Points
QUESTION:
•What are the financial responsibilities of the foster parent?
ANSWER:
•(anything the foster kids is in need of besides, medical)