Resources


MSF and MSF-appointed Agencies


  • The MSF Fostering Scheme (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

          https://www.msf.gov.sg/what-we-do/fostering/be-a-foster-parent/about-the-fostering-scheme


  • Boys' Town Fostering Services

          https://www.boystown.org.sg/fostering-services/


  • Epworth Foster Care

          https://www.epworth.sg/programmes-services/epworth-foster-care/


  • Gracehaven Fostering

          https://www.salvationarmy.org.sg/wwd-gracehaven-fostering/


  • PPIS (Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura) Oasis

          https://ppis.sg/oasis/


  • Muhammadiyah Association - Project Sinar Ihsan

          https://muhammadiyah.org.sg/fostering/


Singapore


  • 100 Homes (A Fostering Initiative by Love Singapore)

          http://100homes.heartbeatproject.sg/


  • Open Home Network (encourages and enables Singaporeans to open up their homes as a place of respite for people-in-crisis)

          https://www.solvenplus.one/ohn


Overseas/International​


  • Christian Alliance for Orphans

          https://cafo.org/​​


  • Foster Parent Partner

          https://www.fosterparentpartner.com/



  • The Forgotten Initiative (Helping to support the foster care community)

          https://theforgotteninitiative.org/resources/


  • World Without Orphans

          https://worldwithoutorphans.org/          

          https://wworoadmap.org/ (resources for active engagement)


Research


  • Institutionalisation and Deinstitutionalisation of Children: a systematic and integrative review of evidence regarding effects on development (The Lancet)

          https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30399-2/fulltext


  • The Risk of Harm to Young Children in Institutional Care (Save the Children UK & Better Care Network)

           http://learn.viva.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/The_Risk_of_Harm.pdf


  • Relationships for Children in Care - the value of mentoring and befriending (New Economics Foundation)

          https://neweconomics.org/2014/06/relationships-children-care


  • Supporting Each Other - peer contact between foster carers (The Rees Centre at The University of Oxford)

          https://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Key-Messages-Supporting-Each-Other.pdf