Read through the handbook to find out more information about being a resource family in Alaska and fill out the following questionnaire. Foster Parents c. All household members of a potential licensed foster home who are age 16 and older d The Alaska foster care program allows extensions for youth to continue in state custody up to Description: This handbook provides basic information about adoption and guardianship, family considerations in decision-making, an adoption/guardianship comparison, answers to common questions about financial assistance, birth parent rights, responsibilities of adoptive families and guardians, and more. (July 2003) Alaska: The Alaska Center for Resource Families has a really wonderful online handbook (published in 2015 and updated in 2017) South Dakota: The Department of Social Services has a handbook for foster care parents that covers everything from discipline to healthcare costs to visitation. However, this handbook states that rates will be given Make a Donation. Gifts can also be made by mail or phone: AK Child & Family 4600 Abbott Road. Anchorage, AK 99507. 907.346.2101. Yes, adoptees aged 18 or older may request an uncertified copy of the original birth certificate. Alaska Adoption Unit Program Manager: KariLee Pietz PO Box 110630 130 Seward Street, Room 406 Juneau, Alaska 99811-0630 Phone: (907) 465-2145 Fax: (907) 465-3656 E-mail: karilee.pietz@alaska.gov dhss.alaska.gov/ocs/Pages/fostercare/default.aspx The department makes available to the public the records of dispute resolution (Due Process Hearings and Complaint Investigations). This is in accordance with 34 CFR 300.513 (d). To request copies of records, please call (907) 465-8693, or send a detailed message to sped@alaska.gov, or fax (907) 465-2806 and the department will respond, typically within 3 to 5 days. Alabama Foster and Adoptive Parents Handbook (PDF - 4181KB) Alabama Foster & Adoptive Parent Association: 2017: Alabama: Adoption: Professionals: Minimum Alaska: Adoption: Parents, Relatives and kin, Resource parents: Adoption and Guardianship Alaska Department of Health and Social Services: 2022: Foster Parent Handbook This handbook has been prepared to provide parents with information they will need to become a foster family and to maintain standing as a foster family. It also contains the standards that are required for a family to become approved to operate as a foster home and information about the role of a foster family. This handbook has been prepared to provide foster parents with information they will need to become a foster family and to maintain standing as a foster family. This handbook contains the standards that are required for a family to become approved to operate their home as a foster family and information about the role of a foster family. Hours of Operation: Monday -Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., August -May. Center Capacity:16 children. No bus service. No fees. CREEKSIDE PARK CENTER 7500 East 6thAvenue, Anchorage, AK 99504 Phone # 742-1550 / Fax # 742-1577 Principal: Tim Andrews. Program Option:Part day program for children who are 4 years old as of September 1, 2015. The information below may be found in more detail in the Alabama Foster Parent Handbook . We hope the resources listed below are helpful, and if you have any additional questions, please contact us at afapa@afapa.org - we are here to help! Your Responsibilities as a Foster Parent Foster parent responsibilitie