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		<title>Adoption Life Books</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life Books 


For the Child
-Uses: Therapeutic for a child in need of answers to questions, growth and development of a healthy and positive self image, and a better understanding of their past experiences, present experiences, and their future experiences within the foster/adopt process. “What does your forever family look like?”
 For the Family (Developing a Life Book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resources for Adoptive Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Resources from NACAC


The North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) recently uploaded two new resources to their website:
• A series of state-by-state adoption fact sheets (based primarily on 2007 AFCARS data) — Designed to be a tool for local adoption advocates, each sheet highlights the number of waiting children, number of children adopted, race [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scholarship Opportunities for Foster Youth!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Former Foster Youth College Scholarships, Now Accepting Applications
Casey Family Programs and The Orphan Foundation of America announced the scholarship application process for the 2010-2011 academic year is underway. The Casey Family Scholars Scholarships and the Foster Care to Success Scholarships are awarded based on a combination of merit and need and funding levels are determined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Trainings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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FIND

 

YOUR

 

VOICE!
 

 
This training is for
pre- and post-adoptive
and kinship families, especially
families who have experience
with out-of-home care and
families who have adopted
children with emotional issues.
We also welcome partnering
professionals who wish to learn
more about support and advocacy
of Colorado’s permanency families.
      
 

 
Friday and Saturday
February 19 &#38; 20, 2010
8:30 am &#8211; 4:00 pm

 

Daniels Fund Building
101 Monroe St
Denver, CO

 

Presented by

 

North American Council
on Adoptable Children
(NACAC)
   
 

 
 

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		<title>Policy Victory!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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HB10-1059: Gagliardi Bill Helping Foster
 Kids Get Driver’s Licenses Passes Final
 House Vote
Posted on 08 February 2010

Tags: HB10-1059, Sara Gagliardi

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 8, 2010 For more information:
Courtney Law
COLORADO
HOUSE MAJORITY COMMUNICATIONS
STATE CAPITOL
Gagliardi Bill Helping Foster Kids Get Driver’s Licenses Passes Final House Vote
(Denver) – Representative Sara Gagliardi’s (D-Arvada) bill to help foster kids get a driver’s license easier, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A HUGE Thanks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Many thanks to the following foster/adoptive families who volunteered 
to provide temporary care for the first group of Haitain Orphans to come to Colorado:
The Greimanns, Burns, Stovals,  and Markcanksi/Bondo .  All of these children had 
been previously matched with families and while it was unlikely that there would be any 
&#8220;snafus&#8221;, DHS prepared for that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Article on Teen Adoption</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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                                       Addressing the Needs of Adopted Teens


Most parents agree the adolescent and teen years are without question the most challenging for their children and for the family as a whole. This can be especially true in the case of adopted children who, like all teens, struggle with issues related to who they are and who they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Link For Transracial Adoption Support</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Transracial Adoption &#8211; Transcultural International Foreign Adoptions
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		<title>Class for Transracial Adoptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Announcing Class For Adoptive Families




  Do I Belong?  
                                  Parenting children who have been adopted transracially
Denver, CO
  January 28, 2010
 




Contact Tanya Hammar by 
 

               (toll-free 1-800-451-5246) for questions.  
email or at 303.755.4756 




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		<title>Give Us Your Input!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adoptive Families
          &#8221;What a difference it makes to come home to a child.&#8221;    
Take Our Annual Cost &#38; Timing of Adoption Survey!
Each year, Adoptive Families polls families across the nation to find out the average cost and length of adoption, by type and country. We take your responses, crunch the numbers, and publish the final information in [...]]]></description>
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