Foster families and Relative providers who use social media
sites such face book can post family pictures on social
networking sites that include foster children, if the following
conditions are met: - Before posting pictures contact your case
worker or certifier for this approval. This will ensure posting
pictures of foster children in your home poses no potential
safety risks related to the child or to you. In some cases the
child’s family cannot know where the child is placed. - The
children are not identified by name - The children are not
identified as foster children - There is no discussion on the
social networking sites about case specific information about
the child or the child’s family New Technology: Recommendations
& Guidelines In today’s world, it is important that children &
young adults entering the workforce be technologically literate.
Unfortunately, children in the child welfare system often have
less computer access and use due to residential instability,
educational discontinuity, and oth