Licensing
Court Terms
Foster Care
Terminology
Takin' A Chance
100

You must have completed this many hours of pre-service training (Deciding Together or TIPS-MAPP) according to the state of NC in order to be licensed as a foster parent.

What is 30 hours?

100

When a child returns from foster care to live with his or her birth family.

What is reunification?

100

The state defines this as using inappropriate and harmful measures as punishment techniques.

What is corporal punishment?

100

This refers to the physical, emotional, social, mental, and spiritual health and development of a child.

What is Well-Being?

100

You must have ALL of these in the home double locked and stored in an area other than the kitchen, laundry room, or bathroom.

What is medications?

200

These items must be locked and stored separately in your home if you have them.

What are firearms and ammunition?

200

This person advocates in court for the child.

What is a Guardian Ad Litem or GAL?

200

EVERY child should have this when they come to your home (or start one) AND take it with them when they leave. 

What is a Lifebook?

200

The  underlying conditions that must be met before a person can achieve a goal.

What are Needs?

200
All animals in the home must be up to date on...

What is vaccinations and rabies shots?

300
You need this many separate references per person to be licensed.

What is three?

300

When parents fail to meet children's basic needs for shelter, food, clothing, schooling, or medical attention.

What is Neglect?

300

Foster parents are mandated to interact with birth parents through a process referred to as this...

What is Shared Parenting?

300

When foster or adoptive parents decide they are unable to continue caring for a particular child and the child must leave their home.


What is a disruption?

300

Older youth who do not return home or are not provided with a permanent family through adoption receive "this" preparation.

What is Independent Living?

400

You must complete these four additional trainings prior to licensure.

What is Foster Home Preparedness, CPR, Court Training and Medication Administration Training?

400

The development of two permanency planning goals at the same time.

What is concurrent planning?

400

The assurance of a family for a child intended to last a lifetime. This assures the child a family where he or she will be safe and nurture.

What is Permanence?

400

The shared history of a group of people, usually of the same ethnicity.

What is Heritage?

400

You need "this" many hours of continuing education in order to be eligible for relicensure.

What is 20 hours for each parent?

500

Licensing has the authority to do what if regulatory standards are not being met for the safety of the foster home? 

Remove the child and put the family on hold. 

500

A term that refers to the court system finding evidence as factual that a child isn't safe to return home to their parents

Adjudication 

500

The adoption process cannot start unless the foster child has been in the home this amount of time....

At least 6 months 
500

This agency is screens out and/or investigates all allegations of abuse/neglect/dv involving a child in the home.

CPS Child Protective Services 

500

Foster Parents are required to do which trainings annually?

Med Admin and Foster Home Preparedness