Milford chronicle., 1962-02-23
Child Welfare Group
Places Many Children
(conti1 led from page one)

port of the Bureau attention is
called to a larger number Of chill
dren than ever before now avail
able for adaptive placement Con
trary to the popular conception
that many more couples wish to
adopt than there are children to
be placed. the annual report states
that actually the agency would vel
come more applications fro m
couples and families interested in
adoption. Furthermore. in 1861
couples who did apply to the Bu-
reau to adopt child found the
once familiar story of a long wait
no longer holds true In spite of
staff limitations, applications ac-
! lcepted for study are processed as
soon as possible as more children
/ are referred for adoption. Families
with two or more adopted o r
natural children who may be in
/ terested in adopting another child
can now be considered as prospec-
tive adaptive parents. The report
of Miss Elizabeth S. Townsend.
! Executive Director, once again
called attention to the fact that
children Of many ages and back
grounds are released for adoption.
We need adaptive parents or
many kinds of children," Miss
Townsend said, mot only for in
fantS. There are, for instance, chill
dren of different cultural and
racial origins including American
Indians and Negroes as we'll as
white children of varying ages"
In 1861, forty-eight antilles
from Kent and Sussex Counties
were among those adopting chill
dren placed by the Bureau. OF the
tOfty-elght, twenty families in Kent
County and seven families in Sus-
sex County received their c hid
during the year. Adoptions of 20
children placed with families in the
two counties We're legally complet-
ed in 1861, having completed the
year of supervised placement.
Mrs. j. Edward ScheIl, Presi-
dent of the Bureau, in her report
for the year listed the agencys
major areas of concern as the in
crease in the illegitimacy rate in
Delaware, rising costs in providing
services to children away from
their own homes. the need for
more foster and adaptive families
for children and better support for
public child welfare services in
the State. Voluntary gencies
such as the Children's Bureau of
Delaware can only be truly effec-
tive today in a community which
also has good public services for
children. Otherwise, too many de-
mands are placed upon the private
agencies than can possibly be met
by their financial resources and
facilities
Mrs. Schell commended til
many individuals and groups in the
community who not only support
the Bureaus services to families
and children but participate direct
~ in the program. We are very
conscious of the many people who
to our support through
such united appeals as the Greater
Dover United Community Fund
and the Seaford-Blades United d
FUND as we'll as to the agency's /
own campaign in lower Delaware I
each year. We are also indebted to +
the Levy Courts of all three eoun- I
ties for their continuing interest in +
annual appropriations to
the Bureau for care of dependent
children. Each contribution, large
or small, helps to provide care for
a child
In 1861, the Bureaus annual ap-
peal to residents of Kent and Sus-
sex County raised 1852 an in
crease OF $3.50 over the previous
year This included proceeds from
-he third Blue Carriage Ball held
n August in Rehoboth. In addition
1oWnState income besides adoption
service fees paid by couples adopt
ng a child, included $1,000 from
he Greater Dover United Com
nunity Fund, 800 from the Sea-
.ord-Blades United Fund. $4,000
rom the Sussex County Levy
Court and $1,400 from the Kent
county Levy Court.
Other members of the Board
rom Kent County are Mrs. Rich
lrd W. Comegys of Clayton and
Ars. John 0. Snyder of Milford
Who served as co-chairmen for the
961 appeal in Kent County. Sery-
ng from Sussex County on the
3oard are Mrs. Charles G.
1ngstrom, Mrs. Charles L. Good
,lch and Mrs. John J. McNeilly of {
tehoboth, Mrs. Joseph S. C. Mach
u Seaford and Mrs. Otis H. Smith {
u LeWes. Mrs. Mach and Mrs. Nc
Nellly were co-chairmen of the
lrlVe this year in Sussex County ]
While Mrs Smith served again as
Ieneral Chairman of the Blue Car
iege Ball. c
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