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Digital Safety for Children in Foster and Kinship Care
Children in foster care often face unique emotional, social, and psychological challenges, making digital online safety particularly critical for their well-being.
As technology becomes an integral part of all facets of a child’s life, including education, communication, and entertainment, it’s essential to ensure that these vulnerable children are protected from the potential dangers that exist online.
Child Identity Protection
Our discussion touches on the best ways to protect the Foster children in your care from identity theft.
Topics include:
- Reasons why the child in foster care is particularly vulnerable, more than a child who is not in care.
- Pulling regular credit reports and a recommended schedule.
- Recognizing warning signs that an identity has been compromised.
- Methods for securing important documentation.
- How to respond when an identify theft has occurred.
- Protecting yourself and your family when providing foster care.
- Available tools and resources for freezing a child’s credit.
- And more.
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Many agencies provide valuable online training for Foster parents. Click the links below for some excellent options to augment the training found here on the NFPA Training Institute.
NCMEC Training
Click here to access this training resource.
National Training and Development Curriculum for Foster and Adoptive Parents
Click here to access this training resource.
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Centene Corporation and The National Foster Parent Association would like to welcome you to our partnership to bring online training to caregivers nationwide via the NFPA Training Institute.
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Fostering Success for Students: Advocating and Uplifting Students in Foster Care (20 Minutes)
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New NFPATI Resource! ‘Digital Safety for Children in Foster and Kinship Care’
The July edition of Fostering Families Today magazine focused on the topic: “Ensuring the Digital Well-being of Kids in Your Care.”
This is an incredibly important issue for parents, so we’ve created a new resource on NFPATI in response.
🔗 See it here: https://devnfpati.vinebuzzbuild.com/digital-safety-for-children-in-foster-or-kinship-care/
New NFPATI Training!
On this new Digital Safety page, we’ve posted a brand-new Coffee with Caregivers session titled “Child Identity Protection,” a discussion hosted by NFPA Executive Director Arnie Eby.
Our guests are two leading experts in the field:
- Diane Sacks – a pioneer in identity theft protection for kids and founder of ProtectMyKidsID.com
- Maureen Flatley – child welfare advocate and consultant to policymakers
This page also features:
- An introduction to digital safety and its unique impact on children in care
- Two related NFPATI courses:
- “How to Stay Logged In to How Much Time Your Kids Are Spending Logged On”
- “The Impact of Social Media on Children”
- The results of a survey exploring caregivers’ awareness of digital risks and identity theft concerns
- A comprehensive set of external resources on general online safety for children, serving as an indexed guide for parents
Special Offer from ProtectMyKidsID!
Did you know a child’s Social Security number is often more valuable to identity thieves than an adult’s? Why? Because it’s “fresh” — with no credit history — making it easier to exploit.
Our new session explores why freezing the credit of children in care is essential. A compromised identity can have serious long-term consequences, affecting their ability to establish financial independence as adults. Since a child’s credit report is rarely monitored, damage can go undetected for years.
To help make credit freezing easier, Diane Sacks has generously provided a $10 discount code for ProtectMyKidsID.
👉 Visit: www.protectmykidsid.com
👉 Use code NFPA at checkout
Let us know if you find this resource helpful — and if there are other topics you’d like us to cover!
Tax Resources for Adoptive Parents
Our partners at the IRS have provided some excellent resources for adoptive parents regarding potential tax credits for which they may be eligible. Be sure to review them to see if you might be entitled to a Child Tax Credit, an Earned Income Tax Credit, or Education Credits.
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