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CRAFFT Initiative
Community Resource, Adoptive, and Foster Family Training
CRAFFT Lending Library
The resources in the lending library cover many topics of interest to professionals and families involved in resource, foster, and adoptive care. They are available to anyone with a library card for their public library. If you find something that interests you while browsing the collection, please contact your local library for information on obtaining the item from Radford University's library through the inter-library loan system.
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We are continuously adding books and working on the format of the collection. We welcome your comments and suggestions about this resource. Also, you are encouraged to let us know if there is a resource that you think is important to have in this collection.
For Families and Social Services Professionals
The Virginia Community College System Tuition Grant Find information about special grants for students who were in foster care, custody of social services, special needs adoptees at the time of high school graduation or GED. For more information, visit the following sites:
Virginia Department of Social Services Virginia Community College System College Board "Paying for College"
Adoption Resources
The Adoption Professionals' Resource Adoptive Families Magazine online site National Adoption Information Clearinghouse A.D.O.P.T. Adoption Development Outreach Planning Team Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption AdoptUSKids presented by The Children's Bureau
Foster Care Resources
Nat'l Resource Ctr. Family Centered Practice & Permanency Planning Volunteer Emergency Families for Children Fostering Families TODAY & Adoption TODAY Magazines Fostering Perspectives - Views on Foster Care & Adoption in N.C. National Foster Parent Association VA Department of Social Services Foster Care Information
Additional Child Welfare Resources
Spaulding for Children Organization Child Welfare League of America Connect for Kids - Better Policies for Kids Voices for Virginia's Children Nat'l Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect Information Virginia Alliance of Social Work Practitioners
On-LineTraining Resources
For more information, you may contact the Western Region CRAFFT Coordinator, Kathleen Miller, at 276-628-1484 or (540)831-7631 or by email at khmiller@radford.edu, or the Piedmont Region CRAFFT Coordinator, Susan Rigney, at (540)831-7633 or srigney@radford.edu.
If you know of additional resources that may be of interest to others, please email them to sbarajas2@radford.edu, and we will post them on this page!
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