Virginia to receive $3.4 million for adoption and foster care programs – News- msnbc.com
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced the release of $3.4 million authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support foster care and adoption assistance programs in Virginia.
Foster Care Group Opposes Adoption Bill – News- msnbc.com
A group of former foster children is joining forces to oppose legislation that would prohibit unwed couples from adopting children in Kentucky.
Foreign Policy: The Lie We Love
Foreign adoption seems like the perfect solution to a heartbreaking imbalance: Poor countries have babies in need of homes, and rich countries have homes in need of babies. Unfortunately, those little orphaned bundles of joy may not be orphans at all.
National Adoption Day is November 15 as part of National Adoption Month. To help adoption agencies, civic and faith-based groups, corporations, educators and others generate awareness, a new 2008 Foster Care Adoption Awareness Toolkit can be ordered at www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org.
CWLA Cheers President Bush for Signing Child Welfare Legislation – MarketWatch
President and CEO of the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), Christine James Brown, today hailed President Bush’s signing of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, saying the passage is an important step to improving the outcome of children in foster care.
The landmark legislation is the result of bipartisan and bicameral work that was spearheaded by key members of Congress over the past two months.