Thursday, November 18, 2010

Celebrate National Adoption Day 2010 on November 20th!

National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the 123,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. For the last 10 years, National Adoption Day has made the dreams of thousands of children come true by working with courts, judges, attorneys, adoption professionals, child welfare agencies and advocates to finalize adoptions and find permanent, loving homes for children in foster care. Celebrated in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, more than 350 events are held each year throughout the country to finalize the adoptions of children in foster care, and to celebrate all families who adopt. In total, more than 30,000 children have been adopted from foster care on National Adoption Day. This year, National Adoption Day will be Saturday, November 20, 2010. 

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

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

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.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Adoption Headlines: September 8, 2010

Adoption
Ethiopia: Pilot Project Helps Ethiopian Orphans Avoid Overseas Adoption
North Carolina: NC Supreme Court hears same-sex adoption arguments
Utah: Utah Supreme Court to hear dad's bid for his baby

VOTE!

Please bear with the National Center for Adoption Law & Policy as we urge our friends and colleagues to vote for us on Pepsi Refresh during September! Awards are based on popular vote, so we will be sending frequent voting reminders to you, our valued supporters, this month. Once we win, we will leave you alone (at least for a little while!).

Your vote will help us train law and social work students to assist foster youth in overcoming challenges to successful independent living. You may vote for NCALP’s idea, “Prepare The Next Generation of Child Advocates,” EVERYDAY in September using ALL of these options each day:

• TEXT: This is easy. Text Pepsi at 73774 and send our entry number 102456 (standard text messaging rates apply). You can pass this info on to your whole mobile phone contact list!

• FACEBOOK: Go to http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=263136462520 and simply click a button to install the application on your page. You can then vote quickly and easily from Facebook everyday! Just enter National Center for Adoption Law in the search box, then vote for us!

• PEPSI REFRESH online: Go to our site at http://www.refresheverything.com/childadvocates, click on "Vote for this Idea," and follow the prompts. You can register and vote under ALL of your email accounts.

You may also spread the word about NCALP’s idea by forwarding this email or posting the information in your organizational newsletter.

Thank you so much for your time and your support!

Adoption & Foster Care Headlines: September 7, 2010

Adoption
Ohio/California: Mediation to continue in Ohio-Calif. adoption case
Mississippi: ICR appeals adverse ruling in adoption challenge
Ireland: Russia calls halt to Irish adoptions
Ohio: Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption Weighs In On Custody of Baby Nic

Foster Care
Australia: Most foster children feel loved: survey
Washington DC: A DC family works to reunify, in and out of court

Friday, September 3, 2010

Please VOTE!!

Please bear with the National Center for Adoption Law & Policy as we urge our friends and colleagues to vote for us on Pepsi Refresh during September! Awards are based on popular vote, so we will be sending frequent voting reminders to you, our valued supporters, this month. Once we win, we will leave you alone (at least for a little while!).

Your vote will help us train law and social work students to assist foster youth in overcoming challenges to successful independent living. You may vote for NCALP’s idea, “Prepare The Next Generation of Child Advocates,” EVERYDAY in September using ALL of these options each day:

TEXT: This is easy. Text Pepsi at 73774 and send our entry number 102456 (standard text messaging rates apply). You can pass this info on to your whole mobile phone contact list!

FACEBOOK: Go to http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=263136462520 and simply click a button to install the application on your page. You can then vote quickly and easily from Facebook everyday! Just enter National Center for Adoption Law in the search box, then vote for us!

PEPSI REFRESH online: Go to our site at http://www.refresheverything.com/childadvocates, click on "Vote for this Idea," and follow the prompts. You can register and vote under ALL of your email accounts.

You may also spread the word about NCALP’s idea by forwarding this email or posting the information in your organizational newsletter.

Thank you so much for your time and your support!

Foster Care Headlines: September 3, 2010

Foster Care
Connecticut: State still lacks foster homes
Ohio/California: Father, foster mom in talks over toddler

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

VOTE FOR NCALP ON PEPSI REFRESH

Voting has opened for Pepsi Refresh and we are currently in 63rd place! This is a great start, but we need to make it better. Please vote as soon as possible, in as many ways as possible. You can vote by:

TEXT: this is sooo easy! Just text Pepsi at 73774 and send our entry number 102456 (standard text messaging rates apply).
FACEBOOK: Go to http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=263136462520 and install the application. You can then vote from Facebook. Click on the link and enter National Center for Adoption Law in the search box, then vote!
PEPSI REFRESH online: Go to our site at http://www.refresheverything.com/childadvocates, click on Vote for this Idea at the bottom of the page, and follow the prompts.
Thanks!

Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: September 1, 2010

Foster Care
Nation: New data: Many fewer US kids in foster care
Texas: Rise expected in number of Texas children in foster care this year
UK: Government calls on local authorities to reduce barriers for foster carers
Child Welfare

California: LA County orders disclosure of all child deaths from abuse or neglect

Thursday, May 6, 2010

May Is National Foster Care Month!

According to Foster Care: Change a Nation, 463,000 children are currently in foster care in the United States. Everyone has the ability to make a real change in these children’s lives. Foster Care Month is about raising awareness and becoming involved with a young person in foster care who needs a supportive adult by his or her side.

Learn how you can make a difference -- whether you have a few minutes or a few hours!

Foster Care Headline: May 6, 2010

Foster Care
Nation: Number of Children in Foster Care Decreases but Critical Needs Go Unmet

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Law School Fellowships for Adoption, Child Welfare, and Juvenile Law

The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy at Capital University Law School is excited to offer a unique Fellowship opportunity to students applying to law school that are interested in pursuing a career in adoption, child welfare, and/or juvenile law upon graduation.

Please consider forwarding this information to your students.


"When researching which law schools to apply to, I was immediately drawn toward Capital University Law School because of their National Center for Adoption Law and Policy. No other school offered such a specific program devoted to the advocacy of children in the adoption and juvenile law fields. I have no doubt that Capital's NCALP, along with the adoption law fellowship, will allow me the specific resources and direction necessary to join them in being an effective advocate for children within our legal system." – Current 1st Year Fellow

If you have trouble viewing this email or the flyer, please go directly to: http://www.law.capital.edu/ncalpfellowships


Adoption Headlines: April 21, 2010

Adoption

Washington DC: Adoption law change aids foster parents
Nation: African-American babies and boys least likely to be adopted, study shows
Dominican Republic: Russian boy, 12, abandoned in Dominican Republic
Pennsylvania: Man sues agencies over child's adoption