This guest post was written by Bahjo Mahamud. Phyllis Korkki wrote the article Filling up an Empty Nest, In the New York Times press. It was published in May 14 of 2013. This articles is written to awaken households and the our society that is never too late to adopt children and especially age should [...]
This guest blog post was written by Kristin Struss. Image by Anthony Russo for the New York Times Stories of how children come into people's lives never cease to amaze me. Peter Mercurio's story of how he and his partner found their son and subsequently how their son became of part of their family is [...]
This guest post was written by Abdifateh Ahmed. Article: Why Are So Many Celebrities Adopting Black Babies? Writer: Kristen Howerton Posted: 06/14/2012 11:10 am Journal: Huffington Post Photo: Agence France-Presse -- Getty Images Summary The article sums up why celebrities are adopting children and why higher percentages of celebrities are adopting trans-racially and specifically black [...]
Last week I came across a news article from the Times-Picayune. The LA senate approved a bill sponsored by Patrick Jefferson (D), HB219, that would prohibit the disqualification of a prospective adoptive parent based solely on past criminal history. HB219 would require a judge to consider the type of offense and length of time since [...]
This guest blog post was written by Salma Hussein. I recently came across an online article titled "Outrage, sadness as Americans barred from adopting Russian children," on worldnews nbc website. The article was dated March 30th, 2013 and written by Jim Maceda who is based in London. [Photo by NBC News] The strength of the [...]
Photo: Derek Montgomery for The New York Times Today the New York Times published a story by reporter Phyllis Korkki about older adults who are choosing to open their homes to children instead of "retiring." A Minnesota family, Rebecca and Jim Gawboy, are featured. Rebecca is a retired community organizer and Jim is a retired [...]
This guest blog post was written by Linda Gross. Photo of Michelle Barclay, Cold Case manager in Georgia Youth Today recently published an article about a program in Georgia where "cold" foster care cases are being reopened to consider adoption options for children that have been otherwise left alone for multiple years. The project began [...]
This guest post was written by Salma Hussein. There is growing evidence that supports the role systematic racism and the workers biases contribute in the overrepresentation of families of color serviced in the child welfare. Consequently, resulting in unjust, unnecessary and unequal treatments that go on to influence both access and utilization of supportive services [...]