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FACT SHEET AIMS TO HELP PARENTS UNDERSTAND POST-ADOPTION SERVICES

Posted on May 17, 2013 by admin • 0 Comments

The Child Welfare Information Gateway recently published an updated fact sheet, “Finding and Using Postadoption Services,” to assist adoptive parents in understanding issues that arise after adoption and the types of post-adoption services that address these needs. It also provides guidance on finding services, paying for them, and advocating for their development.
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Adoption Tax Credit made Permanent

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NEW LAW MAKES ADOPTION TAX CREDIT PERMANENT –– BUT NOT REFUNDABLE
Congress passed and the President signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-240) in early January. It included a permanent extension of the adoption tax credit and income exclusion for employer-paid or -reimbursed adoption expenses. The IRS has not yet released official numbers, [...]… Continue Reading

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UNTANGLING THE WEB

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THE INTERNET’S TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT ON ADOPTION
Author: Jeanne A. Howard, Ph.D.
Published: 2012 December, New York NY: Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Document Type: Policy and Practice Perspective (70 pages)
Availability: PDF Full Report | Executive Summary | Press Release
The first-ever examination of the Internet’s impact on adoption concludes that social media and other elements of this modern technology [...]… Continue Reading

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