Resources

For more information on the foster care system, or to locate other programs and organizations committed to helping needy children, feel free to explore the links and resources below:

Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
An organization that strives to “protect children and strengthen families.” Also developed and updates the PRIDE foster family trading program.

Children’s Hospital Child and Adolescent Research Center (CASRC)
The research center currently conducting research evaluations on the Angels method of foster care.

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) description
A description of the renowned psychological inventory which we use to gauge the psychological capacity to foster of prospective Angels families.

Polinsky Children’s Center
San Diego County’s temporary shelter for abused, abandoned, and neglected children.

San Diego Foundation
San Diego’s largest philanthropic foundation and a resource for other foundations and grant seekers.

San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
The agency that operates the County foster care system.

San Diego County Child Protective Services
The official site for San Diego County foster care.

Touchpoints
Dr. T. Barry Brazelton’s innovative approach to healthy child development. His program is used in Angels family training to help our families understand child development “from a physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral point of view.”

Links about parenting

Zero to Three Foundation

www.howkidsdevelop.com (Collaborative of San Diego Agencies)

Foster Care and Adoptive Community

Links about research and social policy of vulnerable youth

Future of Children Magazine

Urban Research Institute