For over 20 years the adoption community has observed November as Adoption Awareness Month. The North American Council on Adoptable Children produces the National Adoption Awareness Month Guide, which features information on how individuals and groups can help celebrate adoption in their communities in November and year round. There are tips for Organizing Events and Activities, Informing Schools, Involving the Community, Working with Media, Using Adoption Information, and a special Resource Section 2000. Almost all states give preference to and seek out kin when placing a child in foster care. However, states vary in the way that they assess and support kinship care.
Most states assess kin differently than non-kin foster parents.
Some kin receive foster care payments while others are supported with lesser payments. This paper analyzes the impacts of the Adoption and Safe Families Act final rule on kinship care and discusses the challenge of creating kinship care policies that both ensure child safety and address the unique needs of kin. July 2000 Connect for Kids Child welfare advocates and state officials everywhere struggle with the complex issues involved in protecting children in foster care. Jane Daugherty, an award-winning journalist, looks at how a Michigan law is working to make it easier for foster parents to adopt. A Mother's Prayer Sondra S. Crosby, MD, Journal of the American Medical Association , Vol.