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Adoption News and Events
Current News and Events
Mark Your Calendar Items
Current News and Events
- Scholarhip Information!!
May 22,2008
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- *Children's Action Network and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption have partnered to create a national scholarship program,Fostering a Future sponsored by Capital One, to benefit older youth adopted from foster care. The fund was designed to provide children who were adopted from foster care with the opportunity to pursue their post-secondary educational goals. Fostering a Future will provide those parents who have adopted an older child an opportunity for education assistance by adding this special scholarship to existing post-adoption resources.
Applications are currently being accepted, now through May 22,2008. Up to five $10,000 scholarships will be awarded annually.
Applicants must have been adopted from the United States foster care system after the age of 13, as well as meeting other program
requirements. More information about the scholarship fund will be available soon on the Children's Action Network's website
(www.childrensactionnetwork.org).
June 30,2008
*Two $2,500 Scholarships Available for Youth Adopted from Care as Teens- In association with the January publication of Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter, publisher Simon & Schuster is sponsoring two $2,500 scholarships for youth adopted from foster care. The scholarships, administered by the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC), are intended to help offset higher education tuition costs. The application deadline is June 30, 2008. More information, including application guidelines, is available online at:
www.nacac.org/scholarship2008/scholarship2008.html
- Things to Know
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- Metro Atlanta Parents & Professionals..
The Resource Center will be available to Metro Atlanta parents and professionals
"By Appointment Only". The Center will continue to serve you Monday through Thursday 9am-5:30pm and Friday 9am-5pm. Please call us at 404-929-0401 to schedule an appointment.
CPR& First Aid Workshop for Foster and Adoptive Parents.Cost 20.00. Earn a DHR approved certification upon completion. Call First Response Safety Training at 770-945-6837.
DHR & Boys & Girls Club Partnership
Boys & Girls Clubs all over the state of Georgia are offering free after-school care for children who are either foster children or receive services from DFCS, if that particular Boys & Girls Club is part of the GA State Alliance that has partnered with DHR. Contact your local Boys & Girls Club or Kym Kennedy, Senior Director of Government Relations- Boys & Girls Clubs of America at 404-487-5000 for more information.
- The Adopted Teen Empowerment And Mentoring Program
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- The ATEAM is a post adoption service program established in partnership by the Georgia Department of Human Resources Office of Adoptions and Family Matters Consulting, Inc.
This mentoring progam is truly a special place for special friends where group members feel safe in sharing their thoughts about adoption. The program allows teens in grades 6 through 12 to begin new friendships at any of the thirteen college campuses across the state where ATEAM meetings are held. The ATEAM welcomes adopted teens that will benefit from becoming part of a supportive group where there is mutual respect among all members. Visit the Events Calendar for a ATEAM location near you.
Mark Your Calendar Items
- NFPA 38th Annual Education Conference
May 12th-16th
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- The National Foster Parent Association will host its 38th Annual Conference at the Sheraton Atlanta in dowtown Atlanta. For more information visit www. NFPAonline.org and check our May Calendar of Events.
- Ties That Bind Adoptive Family & Youth Training Seminar
May 16th-18th
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- The Georgia Department of Human Resources, State Adoption Unit will host the Ties That Bind Adoptive Family & Youth Training Seminar at the beautiful Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center in Peachtree City, GA. This 1 1/2 day seminar will offer workshops, fun and alot of exciting activities for the entire family.The registration deadline is March 31,2008. Please watch our Events Calendar for more details.
- HOLD THE DATE
June 21st
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- Back by popular demand...
The GA Center for Resources and Support will hosts its annual Positive Parenting: Men Behaving Dadly Statewide Conference in beautiful Savannah,GA. The conference time is 9am-3:30pm. Be sure to watch our May calendar for more details.
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