COVER STORIES
Unconditional Commitment
By Pat O'Brien, Director, "You Gotta Believe!"
Taking Stock of What Foster Care Has Taught Us
By Joy Duva and Lee Mullane
18 and Out? Changing the Mindset for At-risk Youth
By Don N. Davis, Ohio Foster Parent to teenage boys
A Home to Come Home To
By Rose Zeltser, LCSW
COLUMNS
Medical Matters
Lisa Albers, M.D., Children's Hospital Adoption Program,
Harvard Medical School
Ask Ashley Anything!
Ashley Rhodes-Courter, teen adopted from foster care at age 12
Washington Watch
Maureen Hogan, National Adoption Foundation
From Where I Sit - Inside the NFPA
Randy Ruth, President of the National Foster Parent Association
Reviewing the Research
Peter Gibbs, Ph.D.
UMASS Center for Adoption Research
"Coming Through the Wry"
Artist Ratna Pappert
A cartoon commentary on her life in foster care
BOOKIN' It!
By Debbie Smith, MSW, ACSW
"Agency Speak" - Post-placement Services
By Debbie Riley, C.A.S.E. Maryland
Advocating for Kids with Special Needs
By Barbara Tremitier, Ph.D.
One Another Adoption Program
FEATURE STORIES
Separating Siblings: Compounding a Child's Loss
By Yolie Bodie
PARTNER MOMS: Bridging the Cultural Context
By Cherry Sokoloski
Raising Ricardo, Regardless
Anonymous
IMHO
. Embracing "Those People"
By Dianne Hillman
Hands On, Hearts Open: Mentoring for Growth
By Debbie Riley, Executive Director
C.A.S.E, Silver Spring, MD
Who You Are Makes a Difference
An Internet Underground Tale of Caring
One Church, One Child Succeeding in Baltimore!
By Mildred Gee, Special Programs Manager MD DHR
Notes on Attachment
By Arthur Becker-Weidman, Ph.D.
The Center for Family Development
Address for Capitol Hill
By Ashley Rhodes-Courter