These are links to foster care (more broadly referred to as "child welfare") organizations with general information on foster care.

• Maryland Association of Resources for Families and Youth
• Only Heroes Need Apply (Becoming a Treatment Foster Parent)
• Foster Family-based Treatment Association
• Consortium for Child Welfare (DC)
• Maryland Department of Human Resources
• Child Welfare League of America

What does the child welfare system look like nationwide? Here are several useful pages with answers.

• Child Welfare Fact Sheets (Casey Family Programs)
• Statistics about foster care and adoption (America Radioworks) Cites the Chapin Hall Center for Children at Univ. of Chicago and U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.