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November is National Adoption Month |
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In 1976, the governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis, announced an Adoption Week for his state. Later that same year President Gerald Ford proclaimed that Adoption Week would be celebrated nationally. As more and more states started to participate in Adoption Week it became clear that more time was needed for holding events and in 1990 National Adoption Week became National Adoption Month.
Today National Adoption Month is celebrated during the month of November. The celebration usually includes National Adoption Day with courthouses throughout the nation participating and hundreds of adoptions being finalized simultaneously.
National Adoption Day, for this year, will be celebrated on November 15, 2008 |
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Last Updated on Monday, 17 November 2008 10:45 |
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Legacy of an Adopted Child |
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Once there were two women who never knew each other.
One you do not remember, the other you call Mother.
Two different lives shaped to make you one.
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.
The first one gave you life, and the second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love. The second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality. The other gave you a name.
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Last Updated on Monday, 17 November 2008 10:46 |
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 Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden, Inc. is an agency licensed by the state of New Jersey, Office of Licensing to place children for adoption. Our adoption services strives to place infants and also young children with special needs with loving families in the Diocese of Camden.
Eligibility Information | Post Adoption Services
PROCESS
Initial contact -Screening is done by telephone and the couple is invited to an informational group meeting. Group meetings are held periodically and general information on adoption is discussed and questions answered. If a couple decides to proceed with a plan to adopt, a home study is initiated. All meetings are held at the Catholic Charities office in Vineland, NJ.
CHILDREN AVAILABLE
We provide domestic adoptions. We do not currently facilitate international adoptions.
VARIOUS SERVICES OFFERED
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Home Study - Length of study time - Approximately 10 weeks
Definition: Adoption agencies conduct home studies to determine if prospective adoptive families are able to meet the psycho-social needs of the child available for adoption. The study consists of a minimum of three face-to-face interviews in the office and a home visit. Autobiographical statements, health statements, child abuse and criminal clearance, income statements, references etc, are obtained during this process.
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Adoption Compliant Investigation:
The courts require a home study for families who are adopting the children of relatives or for those who are adopting children placed privately in their homes.
For more information contact 1-800-CARE-002 |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 June 2011 10:48 |
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