Adoption, Child Weflare & Foster Care Headlines: October 27, 2010

Adoption
Canada: Gamete offspring have 'right to know' biological parents
US: Good News on Adoption Credit Increase on Tax Credits for 2010 Returns

Child Welfare
Africa: Session on
Child Rights, Juvenile Justice Administration begins in Gambia

Foster Care
Texas: 1 in 5 Texas foster children on psychotropics

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: October 26, 2010

Adoption
Nation: Harvard Doctor Discusses Impact of Adoption on Children
Florida: Adoptees want answers
Nation: MAJOR CHILD WELFARE GROUPS UNITE IN CALL FOR RESHAPING PRIORITIES IN US ADOPTIONS

Foster Care
Maryland: Finding Common Ground on the Education of Children in Foster Care
Great Britain: Foster care charter to be released
Texas: From foster care to college Program helps students who are homeless or leaving ...

Child Welfare
Canada: Child neglect most common form of abuse: study
Nebraska: Privatizing child welfare near

Adoption, Foster Care, and Child Welfare Headlines: October 21, 2010

Adoption
Nation: Post-adoption blues? Many families need more support

Foster Care
Oklahoma: Parents Of Child Who Died In Foster Care Sue Oklahoma DHS
Washington: A growing problem: Fresh out of foster care and homeless
California: Child deaths rise among those monitored by LA County family services, records show
California: AB 12 extends foster care to young adults
Nation: ACF awards $2 million for Diligent Recruitment

Child Welfare
Australia: We failed them - territory to overhaul child welfare

Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal has released its opinion holding that Florida’s ban on homosexual adoption is unconstitutional.

The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy joined several other professional organizations and law school clinics in filing amicus curiae briefs in support of F.G., the adoptive father.
For more information on the court’s decision, click here.

Adooption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: October 14, 2010

Adoption
Maryland: Md. Receives Over $170000 in Adoption Incentive Award
New York: Trial Opens for Adoption Attorney Accused of Stealing From Clients
Nation: Adoption tax credit recently expanded for 2010

Foster Care
California: Helping Foster Children 'CARRY' on to Adulthood
California: Entering the system: a look into LA County's Department of Child and Family ...
Nation: Children and Caregivers in Kinship Care Experience High Rates of Mental Health Problems
California: Governor Signs Wright Bill Boosting Academic Outcomes For Foster Children in State

Child Welfare
Iowa: Iowa panel crafts bill addressing American Indian parental rights
Taiwan: 1.3 children abandoned in Taiwan every day: foundation
California: Subsidized day care to end for 575 in county
Ohio: Child-welfare panel says Cuyahoga County agency needs to improve services and ...

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: October 13, 2010

Adoption
Florida: DCF Won't Appeal Gay Adoption Ruling
Ethiopia: Adoptions from Ethiopia rise, bucking global trend
Armenia: 70 Children Offered For Adoption In armenia Now
Tennessee: Legislation threatens equal adoption
UK: Welsh charity says that one in five adoptions fall apart

Foster Care
South Carolina: SC "Heart Gallery" helping foster children find homes

Child Welfare
California: Schwarzenegger's Cuts Hurt Children, Advocates Say
Tennessee: Study Reveals How Exposure To Violence Impacts Kids
Illinois: Feds evaluating kinder, gentler children services
UK: Neglected children singled out by peers

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: October 6, 2010

Adoption
Alaska: NARF: Supreme Court won't hear state's appeal on tribal adoption
India: MOTHER SUPERIOR

Foster Care
Asia: Number of foster children doubles
New England: Center gets $13.3M grant to help gay foster kids

Child Welfare
India: Indian Schools Will Spare the Rod, and the Child

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: October 5, 2010

Adoption
Nation: IRS Issues Guidance on Expanded Adoption Credit Available for Tax-Year 2010
Nation: Russia, US to sign adoption agreement by January –Children's ombudsman

Foster Care
Illinois: State Gets Grant to Help Older Foster Children
Nation: Study: Why Child Abuse Investigations Don't Help Kids

Child Welfare
California: CWLA Commends Gov. Schwarzenegger for Signing Law that Protects and Supports ...