Adoption tour pulls into town Oct 12, 2009
It also states other ways to help other than adoption: foster parenting, mentoring a child, helping find families willing to adopt or joining next year s Adoption Tour. Julie Flannery, a former DCS employee who now works for Harmony Adoptions out of Knoxville, said contrary to the belief that it takes thousands of dollars to adopt a child, adoption through DCS is free. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Murderers or model parents? Sep 2, 2009
In fact, regular home inspections and other checks by San Francisco's Department of Human Services into Louis Ross and Jennifer Campbell of Fremont show a spotless record of foster parenting. Hasanni and his baby sister, now 1 year old, were placed with Ross and Campbell, the children's aunt, in late 2008. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Former foster dad gets probation in molestation case May 13, 2009
The administrator of Cumberland County Children and Youth Services, which oversees the countys foster parenting program, said last year that Miller was no longer with the agency. However, she noted that Miller, like every other foster parent in the system, had passed a stringent series of background checks as part of the lengthy selection process. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Paternity Dispute Erupts In Madonna Adoption Case May 5, 2009
He added foreign adoptions should be the last resort, "when all other options, like foster parenting in country of residence, have failed.". Madonna found the girl in 2006 at Kondanani Children's Village, an orphanage in Bvumbwe just south of the commercial capital of Blantyre. (Click2Houston, TX)
Man tries to stop Madonna adoption case May 5, 2009
He added foreign adoptions should be the last resort, when all other options, like foster parenting in country of residence, have failed. . (MSNBC -- International)
Ark. group seeks to restrict petition information Apr 29, 2009
- A conservative group says it may ask Arkansas lawmakers to block the release of petition-signers' personal information after a group posted the list of voters who signed petitions to put adoption and foster parenting restrictions on last year's ballot. KnowThyNeighbor. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Keeping up with Kaydden Apr 12, 2009
McNair and her husband took foster parenting classes and jumped through the hoops of the child welfare system to ensure Kaydden would be safe with them. We really started to feel a little sideswiped, McNair said. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Could you be a foster parent? Apr 10, 2009
Patience is more than a virtue when it comes to foster parenting. It s a requirement. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
From one mother's arms into another's Mar 8, 2009
Foster parenting turned out to be an emotional roller coaster. The couple accepted four children over the course of a year, but their hearts were repeatedly broken when each one was returned to family. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Local Foster Families Face Tough Decisions Feb 11, 2009
SAN DIEGO -- With more than 25 years of foster parenting between them, almost nothing surprises Brenda Jones and Tammi Tilley -- until they received the mail on Monday. "I open it and I begin to read it and I was like ... stunned!" said Tilley. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Making Congress see green Feb 10, 2009
To learn more about the foster parenting process, visit www. RefugeHouse. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Make Your Own Valentine on Feb. 12 Feb 8, 2009
February Display The library is hosting an informational display encouraging foster parenting from the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (formerly the Department of Social Services) for February. Photographs of foster families and brochures about the foster parenting process are featured. (Holbrook Sun, MA)
