<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Adoption.com News</title><link>http://news.adoption.com</link><description>Adoption.com News</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:16:48 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:16:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Maloney Receives Award From Working Families Groups</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/maloney-receives-award-from-working-families-groups</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/maloney-receives-award-from-working-families-groups</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Congressmember Carolyn Maloney's efforts to improve the American quality of life through family-friendly workplace policies has been recognized by two major working family organizations...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Advocate, Mother of 11, Leads by Example</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-advocate-mother-of-11-leads-by-example</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-advocate-mother-of-11-leads-by-example</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[With each visit to the depressing, and sometimes decrepit Russian orphanages, Lori Adams would find another child who captured her heart -- a child she and husband Jeff Couturier just...]]></description></item><item><title>Group Helps Families Cope with FAS</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/group-helps-families-cope-with-fas</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/group-helps-families-cope-with-fas</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Staci Thacker has a vision of her granddaughter as a happy, successful college student. But the road won't be easy. Tatiana Filkin, 10, has brain damage caused by prenatal exposure to...]]></description></item><item><title>Couple Works a Month at Kenya Orphans Village</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/couple-works-a-month-at-kenya-orphans-village</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:03:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/couple-works-a-month-at-kenya-orphans-village</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[An Arkadelphia couple is back from Nairobi, Kenya, where they spent a month as “mini-missionaries” at a village for orphans. Pat and Barbara Gillum became interested in the work of the Rafiki...]]></description></item><item><title>Dignified and Down to Earth at the Same Time</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/dignified-and-down-to-earth-at-the-same-time</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/dignified-and-down-to-earth-at-the-same-time</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Over 200 people flocked to a memorial service in memory of a "formidable" ex-councillor and voluntary worker who set up one of the first day care centres for the elderly in the UK....]]></description></item><item><title>She is a One-Woman Crusade for Foster Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/she-is-a-one-woman-crusade-for-foster-children</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:51:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/she-is-a-one-woman-crusade-for-foster-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Gloria West-Lawson, a worker in child welfare agencies for six years, gave up her paying jobs and struck out on her own in 2005 with the aim of streamlining placement and care for foster children....]]></description></item><item><title>McPhail Honored for Work with Kids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/mcphail-honored-for-work-with-kids</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:18:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/mcphail-honored-for-work-with-kids</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Forrest County and Youth Court Judge Mike McPhail has been named the 2008 Mississippi Children's Home Services "Friend of Children." McPhail has been a county and youth court judge for more...]]></description></item><item><title>Mcallister Respected as an Expert</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/mcallister-respected-as-an-expert</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:33:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/mcallister-respected-as-an-expert</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[What is a social worker? A professional who provides advocacy, social services and treatment to the economically, physically, mentally or socially disadvantaged people in our society. Clinton County...]]></description></item><item><title>A First Hand Account of Being an Adoption Social Worker</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/a-first-hand-account-of-being-an-adoption-social-worker</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:57:55 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/a-first-hand-account-of-being-an-adoption-social-worker</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[As a children's services social worker, there are certain aspects of the role that are harder than others. Personally, I have found the responsibility of the adoption process...]]></description></item><item><title>Advocate Works Hard for Homeless</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/advocate-works-hard-for-homeless</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:45:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/advocate-works-hard-for-homeless</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA["I want every child to have a home," said Janet Steencken, a volunteer for Court Appointed Special Advocates of Northwest Arkansas. "Even 17-year-olds (in the foster care system ) want a...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Adviser Knows the Value of Family Love</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-adviser-knows-the-value-of-family-love</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:04:45 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-adviser-knows-the-value-of-family-love</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Canberra mother of eight whose brood includes six children adopted from overseas has been appointed by the Federal Government to a new National Peak Overseas Adoption Support Group....]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Attorney Questions Actions By Lumpkin Court Clerk</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-attorney-questions-actions-by-lumpkin-court-clerk</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:36:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-attorney-questions-actions-by-lumpkin-court-clerk</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[An adoption attorney from White County wants Edward Tucker, 35-year clerk of court for Lumpkin County, to rethink how he does business. Attorney Amy Brown Harbst claims Tucker is improperly...]]></description></item><item><title>McGrath Departs Today As County Circuit Court Judge</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/mcgrath-departs-today-as-county-circuit-court-judge</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:39:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/mcgrath-departs-today-as-county-circuit-court-judge</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Surrounded by packing boxes, Rockingham County Circuit Court Judge John McGrath sat in his courthouse office Thursday reminiscing about the dozen years he served as judge. Today, McGrath will...]]></description></item><item><title>Paramedic Honored for Safe Surrender Signs</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/paramedic-honored-for-safe-surrender-signs</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:12:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/paramedic-honored-for-safe-surrender-signs</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A local emergency services worker will receive an award in March for his work in trying to prevent child abuse. Nash County paramedic Cleveland Hunt will receive the Donna J. Stone...]]></description></item><item><title>Upper Marlboro Woman Honored for Adoption Programs</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/upper-marlboro-woman-honored-for-adoption-programs</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:50:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/upper-marlboro-woman-honored-for-adoption-programs</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Parents of adopted children have a friend in Janni P. McNeil-Hayes. The Upper Marlboro resident heads the Coalition of Adoption Programs Inc., a nonprofit that helps parents work their way through the...]]></description></item><item><title>A Mentor to Mothers</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/a-mentor-to-mothers</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:10:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/a-mentor-to-mothers</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Although breastfeeding is the natural approach to nurturing a newborn, it doesn’t always come so naturally to mother or infant. That’s when long-time Helena nurse Faylene Nelson comes to the rescue....]]></description></item><item><title>On the Job</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/on-the-job</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/on-the-job</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[“I am an advocate for families. My role is to help prospective adoptive couples, who are thinking about building their family through adoption, to determine if this is the right move for them....]]></description></item><item><title>McCorkle Ending 30-Year Career Working with Children at DFCS</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/mccorkle-ending-30-year-career-working-with-children-at-dfcs</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:18:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/mccorkle-ending-30-year-career-working-with-children-at-dfcs</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[He's known simply as "Mr. Bill" to Coweta's foster children and the staff at the county's Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS). William T. "Bill" McCorkle, longtime director of the...]]></description></item><item><title>Local Children’s Author To Do Book Signing</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/-2185</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:28:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/-2185</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Clevelander Tammy Pitre Neely will be signing her latest book, “I Love You Too Much,” along with a children’s coloring book at White Wing Christian Bookstore, Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m....]]></description></item><item><title>Leader of Child Agency in New Jersey Resigns</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/leader-of-child-agency-in-new-jersey-resigns</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:02:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/leader-of-child-agency-in-new-jersey-resigns</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[After two years of leading court-ordered reforms to New Jersey’s embattled child welfare system, the commissioner of the State Department of Children and Families announced his resignation on...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman Cared for Large Family in Hard Times</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/woman-cared-for-large-family-in-hard-times</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:14:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/woman-cared-for-large-family-in-hard-times</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Born in 1907, Vermeal was recently honored by City Hall after she turned 100 on Dec. 27. She grew up in an orphanage in New York, and has spent nine of the last 10 decades...]]></description></item><item><title>John and Carol Honoured for Helping the Needy</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/john-and-carol-honoured-for-helping-the-needy</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:04:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/john-and-carol-honoured-for-helping-the-needy</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Charity duo John and Carol Thursby have been honoured with a special award - and a cash boost. Bailgate Rotary Club in Lincoln presented the John Maltby Cup and a cheque for £250 to the...]]></description></item><item><title>Westmoreland Children's Bureau Gets New Head</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/westmoreland-childrens-bureau-gets-new-head</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:06:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/westmoreland-childrens-bureau-gets-new-head</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For two Greensburg residents, it wasn't just the torch of the New Year that was passed. On Dec. 27, Shara Saveikis became director of the Westmoreland County Children's Bureau. She took over...]]></description></item><item><title>Judge Grimes Honored for Work in Family Court</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/judge-grimes-honored-for-work-in-family-court</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:48:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/judge-grimes-honored-for-work-in-family-court</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The sexual abuse case of a baby girl years ago is still fresh in the mind of Circuit Judge Hubert L. Grimes. The 1 1/2-year-old, burned on her genitals with an iron by her mother...]]></description></item><item><title>A Career Helping Kids Find a Better Life</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/a-career-helping-kids-find-a-better-life</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:04:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/a-career-helping-kids-find-a-better-life</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It isn't hard for Colleyville resident Eddie Tarbet, a social worker for more than 45 years at Christ's Haven for Children in Keller, to recall desperate youngsters that he has helped through the years....]]></description></item><item><title>For 33 Years, Faith at Work</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/for-33-years-faith-at-work</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:35:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/for-33-years-faith-at-work</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Jim Mauck, the man who headed Catholic Charities of Denver for 33 years, spent the first week of his retirement signing a thousand thank-you notes to donors. When Mauck, a former West Virginia...]]></description></item><item><title>Carole Atkinson Discusses a Precedent in Adoption Law</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/carole-atkinson-discusses-a-precedent-in-adoption-law</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:15:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/carole-atkinson-discusses-a-precedent-in-adoption-law</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Mother's determination to offer for adoption a child conceived during a one-night stand will set a precedent for other single mothers and unidentified fathers....]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Plan Aims to Give Needy Christmas Joy</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-plan-aims-to-give-needy-christmas-joy</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:44:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-plan-aims-to-give-needy-christmas-joy</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In other rooms, colourful wrapped presents are stacked to the ceiling, all destined for needy Waikato families. Last month the Salvation Army launched a scheme to...]]></description></item><item><title>Employee Receives Award for Adoption Work</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/employee-receives-award-for-adoption-work</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:28:57 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/employee-receives-award-for-adoption-work</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The University of Kentucky's Carrie Saunders received the Betty Triplett Award from the Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children (KPFC) at a luncheon earlier this month. The honor recognized Saunders’...]]></description></item><item><title>Webster Honored for Work with Kids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/webster-honored-for-work-with-kids</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:47:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/webster-honored-for-work-with-kids</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Annie Webster wasn't quite sure what to think Friday morning as the W.C. Handy Head Start teacher who she assists stepped up to a podium at the Ralph C. Bishop Community Center in Russellville and...]]></description></item><item><title>Chris Dodd Will Take Care of Women's and Children's Future</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/chris-dodd-will-take-care-of-womens-and-childrens-future</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:04:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/chris-dodd-will-take-care-of-womens-and-childrens-future</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[As a mother, a grandmother and a foster parent to 13 children, it is natural for me to be concerned about what sort of world we will leave for our children. I am a registered independent who...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Advocates Want New State Law</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-advocates-want-new-state-law</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:52:11 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-advocates-want-new-state-law</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Adoption advocates are calling for legislation to require attorneys to meet certain requirements before facilitating a child's adoption. The Department of Human Services currently has a code that adoption...]]></description></item><item><title>Mary Baldwin, 88, Found Families for Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/mary-baldwin-88-found-families-for-children</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:06:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/mary-baldwin-88-found-families-for-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Parents knew it. Foster parents knew it. Even dewy-eyed babies seemed to sense that social worker Mary Baldwin was watching out for them. Starting in the 1950s, Mrs. Baldwin was an...]]></description></item><item><title>Parents Must Rein Adoptive Children In</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/parents-must-rein-adoptive-children-in</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:57:22 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/parents-must-rein-adoptive-children-in</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[We have an adopted girl who came to us when she was 4 years old. She is very difficult to handle and does pretty much what she pleases. For us to make her obey would be very unpleasant for her...]]></description></item><item><title>Champions for Children Honoured for Work</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/champions-for-children-honoured-for-work</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:27:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/champions-for-children-honoured-for-work</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Islanders who extend themselves to help children were applauded Monday at the annual Champion for Children Award ceremonies in Charlottetown. An audience of hundreds of volunteers and workers from...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman Plans Ahead for Families</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/woman-plans-ahead-for-families</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:43:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/woman-plans-ahead-for-families</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For someone who doesn't like to shop, Gretchen Green spends a lot of time doing just that. The Redding woman starts right after Christmas and buys gifts like pots and pans, silverware and dishes, then...]]></description></item><item><title>Celebrating A New Start</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/celebrating-a-new-start</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:41:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/celebrating-a-new-start</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When Melanie Sims met Stuart Bailey, it was like a light bulb went off. She later described the feeling as "magical" — a sort of predestination transpiring in her office that day....]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Experts Answer Questions at Conference</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-experts-answer-questions-at-conference</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:23:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-experts-answer-questions-at-conference</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The questions came at a furious pace Sunday from couples looking to adopt for the first time. How much does it cost? Is a private adoption faster than going through an agency?...]]></description></item><item><title>JFS Announces...‘It’s a boy!’</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/-1185</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:42:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/-1185</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The long wait is finally over: Adoption Services of Central Florida is celebrating its first adoption. “We are so excited and the timing could not be better,” says Bernice Walker Schwartz...]]></description></item><item><title>Coalitions Honor 'Friends of Adoption'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/coalitions-honor-friends-of-adoption</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:31:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/coalitions-honor-friends-of-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Those who have been through the adoption process say it is a deeply personal journey of perseverance and courage. The reasons vary, but the goal is the same: to add another to love....]]></description></item><item><title>In Foster Care Review, Vows of Help and Vigilance</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/in-foster-care-review-vows-of-help-and-vigilance</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:27:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/in-foster-care-review-vows-of-help-and-vigilance</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[John B. Mattingly became New York City’s child welfare commissioner aiming to bring accountability to the dozens of private agencies the city paid hundreds of millions of dollars each year to care...]]></description></item><item><title>Adopting Awareness, Protecting Families</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adopting-awareness-protecting-families</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:46:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adopting-awareness-protecting-families</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[I am a mother, a lover, and a friend.  I am also an anti-adoption activist, and while this last aspect of my life has earned me more than my share of negative sentiments, I am still intensely proud...]]></description></item><item><title>Helping Street Kids Help Each Other</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/helping-street-kids-help-each-other</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:05:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/helping-street-kids-help-each-other</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[She was 12 the first time she ran away, trading a troubled home life for life on the streets. In the years that followed, Jaclyn Mellon would live an uncertain -- and sometimes nomadic...]]></description></item><item><title>Best Selling Author Speaks Up for Special Needs Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/best-selling-author-speaks-up-for-special-needs-adoption</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:55:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/best-selling-author-speaks-up-for-special-needs-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In 1976, Massachusetts proclaimed a week in November "Adoption Week." Each year, the number of states that followed suite with their own adoption week, grew until November became National Adoption...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman Honored for Her Work on Adoption Front</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/woman-honored-for-her-work-on-adoption-front</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:53:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/woman-honored-for-her-work-on-adoption-front</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Dorsey Naylor has spent 40 years working in the social work field, and her advocacy skills have earned her respect statewide. Recently named by the Congressional Coalition on...]]></description></item><item><title>Honoring an Innovator</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/honoring-an-innovator</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:59:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/honoring-an-innovator</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When Rosemary McAuliffe  took the job of executive director at the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange in 1967, she decided there had to be a better way of getting the word out about foster...]]></description></item><item><title>Y-NH Names New Human Resources Executive</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/y-nh-names-new-human-resources-executive</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:17:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/y-nh-names-new-human-resources-executive</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale-New Haven Health System have named a new senior vice president of human resources. Kevin A. Myatt will join Y-NH and Y-NHHS in December after five years as associate vice...]]></description></item><item><title>Issues of Children's Identity Formations in Cross-racial Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/issues-of-childrens-identity-formations-in-cross-racial-adoptions</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:32:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/issues-of-childrens-identity-formations-in-cross-racial-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[How do people who have been adopted by parents of another race shape their identity? And how does a child's own mixed heritage play out in his/her formation of identity?...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Network Law Center Employee Recognized by RESOLVE</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-network-law-center-employee-recognized-by-resolve</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:46:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/adoption-network-law-center-employee-recognized-by-resolve</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Ellen Edman, Adoption Advisor at Adoption Network Law Center, is being nationally recognized having been nominated for a special award. Every year, the National Infertility Association, RESOLVE...]]></description></item><item><title>Shamika Lee (OD) Nominated For National Award</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/shamika-lee-od-nominated-for-national-award</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:36:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/shamika-lee-od-nominated-for-national-award</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Shamika Lee has been honored as a Woman of Worth by L'Oréal Paris for her outstanding commitment to community achievement with her work for Graham Windham Services for...]]></description></item><item><title>Global Issue Attracts New Interest from Charities and Donors</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/global-issue-attracts-new-interest-from-charities-and-donors</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:11:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/global-issue-attracts-new-interest-from-charities-and-donors</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[As the water-project coordinator at an international adoption charity, Eric Stowe saw hundreds of"horribly ill" children. Most of them were sickened by the unclean water they drank....]]></description></item><item><title>Athena Award Goes to Hope College Dean</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/athena-award-goes-to-hope-college-dean</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:05:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/athena-award-goes-to-hope-college-dean</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When Nancy Miller became dean of social sciences at Hope College in 1985, only one in five faculty members at the college was a woman. She wanted to see more women get an opportunity to teach at...]]></description></item><item><title>Honoree Says She Gets Her Reward Helping Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/honoree-says-she-gets-her-reward-helping-children</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:05:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/honoree-says-she-gets-her-reward-helping-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Janice Lodge said she was baffled as to why she would be given an award for volunteering to help children in need. Over the last two years, she has advocated for nine children in three cases through...]]></description></item><item><title>Rapidly Changing Face of Adoption Creates New Challenges for Parents and Professionals</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/rapidly-changing-face-of-adoption-creates-new-challenges-for-parents-and-professionals</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:58:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/rapidly-changing-face-of-adoption-creates-new-challenges-for-parents-and-professionals</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Perspectives Press, Inc., The Infertility and Adoption Publisher, has released attachment therapist and trainer Deborah Gray's second guide for parents and professionals working with older and...]]></description></item><item><title>Social Work Brings its Pleasures</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/social-work-brings-its-pleasures</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:48:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/social-work-brings-its-pleasures</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Her gentle manner is known to many South Canterbury families who have needed the help of a social worker in the past 17 years. National Social Workers day was held this week to acknowledge the contribution...]]></description></item><item><title>Gail Chang Bohr Receives National Award for Child Advocacy</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/gail-chang-bohr-receives-national-award-for-child-advocacy</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:31:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/gail-chang-bohr-receives-national-award-for-child-advocacy</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Gail Chang Bohr, executive director, Children’s Law Center in St. Paul, received the Child Advocacy Award from the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Young Lawyers Division, during the ABA Annual...]]></description></item><item><title>LawInfo Adds Qualified Family Lawyers to its Free National Directory</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/lawinfo-adds-qualified-family-lawyers-to-its-free-national-directory</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:57:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/lawinfo-adds-qualified-family-lawyers-to-its-free-national-directory</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[LawInfo has now added qualified family lawyers to its free online national directory. These attorneys are a part of LawInfo's signature service, the Lead Counsel Program, which is...]]></description></item><item><title>New Child Support Referee Wants to Help Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/new-child-support-referee-wants-to-help-parents</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:16:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/new-child-support-referee-wants-to-help-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[New child support referee Diana Benson Burns hopes to help parents support their children. For example, a father may not pay child support because he has a criminal record and can’t get a job....]]></description></item><item><title>Could You Help Adoption Panel?</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/could-you-help-adoption-panel</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:13:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/AdoptionProfessionals/could-you-help-adoption-panel</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Wiltshire County Council's adoption panel is looking for a new independent member. The panel is made up of a mixture of professionals and independent people and contributes...]]></description></item></channel></rss>