| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 1997 |
CONTACT: Michael Orenstein (202) 606-1800 mworenst@opm.gov |
Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will co-sponsor two events in June to encourage federal employees to consider adopting from among the 500,000 children in the public foster-care system.
The seminar and fair are open to the media.
The adoption seminar featuring HHS Secretary Donna Shalala and OPM Director Jim King will be held on:
The adoption fair will include adoptive parents from HHS and OPM who will discuss their experiences in giving permanent homes to children previously in foster care. The fair will be held on:
Media interested in attending the June 17 seminar at OPM should contact Mike Orenstein at 202-606-1800. Media interested in attending the June 25 fair at HHS should contact the HHS press office at 202-690-6343.
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