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Disabilities/Special Needs | |
Series Title: | Related Organizations Lists |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway. |
Availability: | View Download (PDF - 0KB) |
Year Published: | 2011 - 7 pages |
This directory lists organizations that maintain information about resources for parents and caregivers on children with disabilities/special needs. The groups provide direct service or referrals for technical assistance, professional training, respite care, educational issues, and advocacy. E-mail and Web address are provided when available. |
Empezando el proceso: paquete de información general sobre la adopción 1 (Getting Started: Adoption General Information Packet 1) | |
Series Title: | Paquetes de Información General (General Information Packets) |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability in English: | View Download (PDF - 2,340KB) |
Availability in Spanish: | View Download (PDF - 707KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Year Published: | 2008 - 28 pages |
This collection of factsheets published by the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse provides an overview of the adoption process. The papers address the steps involved in agency and independent adoptions, the home study process, and legal aspects of adoptions. Esta colección de hojas informativas ofrece una perspectiva general de la adopción en los Estados Unidos. Se enumeran los pasos a seguir por los posibles padres adoptivos y se dan a conocer las diferentes opciones al dar un hijo en adopción. |
Employer-Provided Adoption Benefits | |
Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability in English: | View Download (PDF - 272KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Availability in Spanish: | View Download (PDF - 270KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Year Published: | 2011 - 4 pages |
This fact sheet explains the types of employee and tax benefits that are available to adoptive parents, from financial assistance and parental leave to tax credits for adoption expenses. Eligibility for such benefits is briefly discussed, and resources about employers offering adoption benefits are provided. |
Enhancing Permanency for Older Youth in Out-Of-Home Care | |
Series Title: | Bulletins for Professionals |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
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Year Published: | 2006 - 14 pages |
Finding permanent families for older children and youth in out-of-home care continues to be a challenge for child welfare professionals. Many States and local jurisdictions have begun to implement programs specifically designed to help these youth establish permanent connections. This bulletin addresses the specific challenges of permanency planning with older youth, discussing the importance of focusing on older youth, barriers to permanency, strategies for successful permanency planning, and promising programs. A list of resources for further information is provided. |
¿Está embarazada y pensando en la adopción? (Are You Pregnant and Thinking About Adoption?) | |
Series Title: | Hojas Informativas Para las Familias (Factsheets for Families) |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability in Spanish: | View Download (PDF - 207KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Availability in English: | View Download (PDF - 276KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Year Published: | 2007 - 14 pages |
Written for women and girls who are pregnant and considering placing their baby for adoption, this factsheet provides information about the adoption process, and it directs the reader to community and Internet resources. Information for fathers and for relatives is also provided. The factsheet walks the reader through the adoption process by discussing how an expectant parent can explore different options, make the adoption decision, place a baby through an agency or through an independent (private) adoption, select adoptive parents, and decide how much contact to have with the child after the adoption.
Esta publicación está diseñada para mujeres ... |
Finalmente una familia: ayuda a posibles padres adoptivos de niños con necesidades especiales (Finally a family: help for prospective adoptive parents of special needs children) | |
Author(s): | New York Council on Adoptable Children Baumann, McCain |
Availability: | Download (PDF - 155KB) |
Year Published: | 2003 - 55 pages |
This publication is designed to help prospective adoptive parents understand the various phases in the adoption process, and to help them shorten the length of time it takes to adopt a child. It is
meant to be used along with the information provided by the COAC orientation program, and
contains much of the same material.
Esta publicación está diseñada para ayudar a los posibles padres adoptivos con el proceso de la adopción. Ofrece una perspectiva general de los servicios proporcionados por la New York Coalition on Adoptable Children (Coalición de Nueva York para Niños Adoptables), define ... |
Foster Parent Adoption | |
Series Title: | Bulletins for Professionals |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Download (PDF - 313KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Year Published: | 2006 - 9 pages |
This paper discusses issues related to the increasing importance of foster parents as permanency resources for children in foster care. In order to facilitate adoptions by foster parents, professionals should be knowledgeable about the benefits, costs, and practice issues surrounding foster parent adoption. Practice issues include assessment, adoption preparation and postadoption support, and facilitating ongoing connections with birth families. |
Foster Parents Considering Adoption | |
Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Download (PDF - 512KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Year Published: | 2012 - 9 pages |
Summarizes what foster parents should consider while deciding whether to adopt their foster child or youth. This factsheet does not address the specifics of how to adopt; it provides information on the differences between foster care and adoption, advantages of foster parent adoption, strategies for foster/adoptive families, and useful references. |
Frequently Asked Questions From Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents | |
Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Download (PDF - 281KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Year Published: | 2011 - 5 pages |
This factsheet answers questions that many prospective lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) parents ask. |
Funding Adoption: Adoption General Information Packet 2 | |
Series Title: | General Information Packets |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability in English: | View Download (PDF - 639KB) |
Availability in Spanish: | View Download (PDF - 449KB) |
Year Published: | 2011 - 18 pages |
This packet of three factsheets is designed to help prospective adoptive parents and others interested in learning more about the costs of adoption and resources that may be available to help with those costs. |
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