Agencies and foster parents can use the framework provided in this handbook to prepare their own handbook and establish clear roles and expectations for persons involved in providing foster family care. The handbook is meant to be a reference guide, not to offer solutions to problems or answer policy questions. A list of suggested topics for a foster care-agency handbook is included. Specific content breakdowns are provided for five broad topics: foster parents, foster children, the natural family, agency and community resources, and other resources. Specific guidelines for developing each topical area are also given. The appendixes contain a foster home evaluation form, a child's handbook, a foster parent-agency agreement form, agency service evaluation forms, and a program guide for foster parent neighborhood groups. (SDH)