The annual CreatingaFamily.org Adoption Tax Credit podcast is dropping soon. Set an alarm on your phone to listen – wherever you get your podcasts or at bit.ly/adoptoptions on January 17th!
#adoption #fostercare #kinshipcare #AdoptionTaxCredit
Not for profit. Just for kids.
The annual CreatingaFamily.org Adoption Tax Credit podcast is dropping soon. Set an alarm on your phone to listen – wherever you get your podcasts or at bit.ly/adoptoptions on January 17th!
#adoption #fostercare #kinshipcare #AdoptionTaxCredit
HelpUsAdopt.org will now have 6 grant cycles (instead of 4) in 2024 and will be awarding 1.2 million in adoption grants next year. Our next adoption application deadline is January 6th.
Please share this message with your clients and networks.
Last week, the bipartisan bill, The ADOPT Act (HR 6220) was introduced in the House of Representatives. For years now, we’ve heard from you about the issue of online, unlicensed brokers playing a predatory role in private domestic adoption. Instead of working with licensed, local providers like you – expectant parents and prospective adoptive parents are often connecting with online brokers that take advantage of these vulnerable groups.
The ADOPT Act marks the first time federal legislation has been introduced to prohibit these unlicensed intermediaries from advertising to expectant parents and from making payments to expectant and birth parents. While it’s an exciting milestone to celebrate, it’s just the first step. We need many more House co-sponsors, introduction in the Senate, etc.
You can help! Please use this link to quickly and easily message your Representative on this issue. Even better, look up your Congressional offices and make a quick phone call, asking them to support this legislation. Better yet, do both! We need as much outreach as possible, so please consider sending a message to the clients, families, and other stakeholders you’re connected to.
Even if you don’t do private domestic adoption, improving the experiences and safeguards for expectant parents, birth parents, and adoptive families will only serve to enhance the perception of adoption in the wider public, so please join our efforts.
It will be a lot of work for us to see this bill passed, but I believe our community can rally around this issue and help bring about the change we’ve wanted for years. Take action today and please help spread the word so others join this effort as well.
We are elated to share a fabulous new children’s book written by a Hopscotch Adoptions Mom, Lisa Menasian Colloca!
We loved this book so much we will be adding this new book to future prospective adoptive parent curricula. We hope you’ll consider ordering a copy for your child and enjoy it for the years to come as a wonderful resource and treasure!
Don’t miss out! Helpusadopt.org will be awarding $1 million in adoption grants this year. There’s no application fee and they support all types of families with grants up to $20,000.
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/
by Natalie B. Compton
Washington Post illustration
The pandemic threw a wrench in the well-oiled machine of U.S. passport services. When offices were closed, in-person appointments were impossible and employees were figuring out how to work in the new normal, millions of passport applications got backlogged.
Fast forward a few years, and we’re not quite back to the 2019 norm, but we’re nearly there. Wait times are down, you can take your own photos (if you follow directions with military precision) and a new online system is rolling out for passport renewals that makes the process a lot easier (if you meet the specific criteria).
We checked in with the State Department to get the latest information on what travelers need to know about passport services.