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On October 17, 2000 the U.S. Congress, under Public Law 103-310, amended the Public Health Services Act to authorize specific activities pertaining to Infant Adoption Awareness (title XII, Subtitle A). The legislation requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to award grants to adoption organizations to develop and implement programs to train the designated staff of eligible health centers in providing adoption information and referral to pregnant women on an equal basis with all other courses of action included in nondirective counseling for pregnant women. The term "eligible health centers" means public and nonprofit private entities that provide health services to pregnant women. The legislation also requires the Secretary to establish a set of best-practice guidelines to which the DHHS-funded training programs will adhere in providing training to staff of eligible health centers.
In response to these legislative requirements, the Department of Health and Human Services has developed the following "best-practice" guidelines to be followed by recipients of cooperative agreements in developing curriculum and providing training to implement the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program (IAATP). This "best-practice" guideline is critical for attaining the primary IAATP goal- enhancing the ability of health center personnel to provide adoption information and referral on an equal basis with all other courses of action included in nondirective counseling for pregnant women.
Consistent with the intent of the legislation, these guidelines were developed in consultation with 29 experts in the fields of adoption, child welfare, health services, medicine, law, and adoption counseling, as well as adoptive parents.
The fact that these individuals are listed does not imply that they agree with the guidelines in their entirety.
Carol Adlard
Executive Director
Adoption Option, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Janice Allen
Executive Director
Catholic Community Services
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Sue Badeau (Adoptive Parent)
Consultant
Casey Family Programs
Washington, DC 20006
Joni Barardino (Adoptive Parent)
Former Director of health Care Services
National Center for Farmworker Health
Austin, TX 78749
Dr. Frank Bonati, President
Family Health Council
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Dr. Barbara Cambridge, Professor
Department of OB/GYN
University of Texas
South West Medical Center
Dallas, TX 75235
Meryl Cohen
Vice-President of Education and Counseling
Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas
Houston, TX 77004
Sandy Cook
Executive Director
The Children's Home Society of North Carolina
Greensboro, NC 27415-4608
Dr. Tom Curtain
Associate Vice President of Clinical Affairs
National Association of Community Health Centers
Washington D.C. 20036
Howard Davidson, Director (Adoptive Parent)
ABA Center of Children and Law
Washington, D. C.
Phoebe Dawson, Executive Director
New Beginnings
Columbus, Georgia 31906
Maureen Hogan, Executive Director, (Adoptive Parent)
National Adoption Foundation
Washington, D.C. 20036
Barbara Holtan
Executive Director
Tressler Lutheran Social Services
York, PA 17403
Linda Jacobson
Nurse Consultant
Washington State Department of Health
Olympia, WA 98504
Beverly Jones, Director
Fulton County Department of Family and Children's Services
Atlanta, GA 30315
Charles Kenny, President
Kenny and Associates, Inc.
The Right Brain People
Memphis, TN 38134
Jackie Leifer, General Counsel
National Association of Community Health Centers
Washington, DC 20036
Amy Garvin-Liddell
Adoption Supervisor
Children's Home Society
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Carolyn Hoard
Legislative Director
American Adoption Congress
New Castle, DE 19720
John Levesque, Adoption Director
Maine Department of Human Services
Augusta, ME 04333
Dorothy Mann, Executive Director
Family Planning Council
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Freda Mitchem
Director of System Development and Grant Project Director
National Association of Community Health Centers
Washington, DC 20036
Anne Pierson, Director
Loving and Caring
Lancaster, PA 17601
Patrick Purtill, President and CEO
National Council for Adoption
Washington, DC 20009-6207
Douglas Reiniger
New York, NY 27415-4608
(Member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys)
Alisa Rulnick
Assistant Director of Standards and Evaluation
Council on Accreditation
New York, NY 10005
Jayne Schooler
Professional trainer and author of several books on adoption
Consultant, Institute for Human Services
West Carrollton, OH 45449
Mary Beth Styles
Former Vice-President and Current Board Member
National Council for Adoption
Centreville, VA 20120
Ada White
Adoption Director
Child Welfare League of America
Washington, DC 20001-2085
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