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The foster care system is difficult to navigate, but you don’t have to do it alone.  Denise Kelley is our Director of Family Advocacy, and each year she helps hundreds of foster/adoptive families figure out the best way to address their particular situation.   

You can contact Denise Kelley, Director of Advocacy and Recruitment.

You may also want to click here to see a sample of Dear Denise advise column, which contain lots of useful information regarding some of the most-asked questions.
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Hot Topic: Caregiver Court Information Form (CD08-61)
Per statute, foster, relative, and kinship providers have the right to receive notice of court hearings held with respect to children in their care. In addition, the caregiver has a right to be heard in any such proceeding.
 
The Missouri Juvenile Court Improvement Project formed a sub-committee to develop a form to elicit factual, first hand information on the child from the child’s caregiver that might not be available otherwise prior to scheduled court hearings. The completion of this form by the caregiver is optional.
 
The Caregiver Court Information Form is available through E-forms under Reference Documents and Resources at the following link: http://www.dss.mo.gov/cd/info/forms/index.htm.  Caregivers should send the completed form to the juvenile officer in the county where the hearing will occur. The Juvenile Office will distribute the completed form to all parties in accordance with local procedures.
 
Children’s Division staff should distribute the Caregiver Court Information Form to all caregivers for each child in their home at their next placement provider visit. Staff should educate resource providers on the right to be notified of and be heard in court hearings. Licensing workers should explain the Caregiver Court Information Form to new resource providers at their initial licensure.
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