Good news for adoptive families from the health care bill just signed into law March, 2010. Included in the bill were favorable changes to the Adoption Tax Credit. Joint Council for International Children's Services summarize the changes as follows:
The maximum credit was increased from $12,150 to $13,170
The credit is extended through December, 2011.
The credit was made refundable. If a family has no tax liability, the IRS will refund the amount due.
Read the bill's text yourself click here. (The Adoption Tax Credit is mentioned on page 903 of the 906 page bill.)
info from ALP
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Sign Up To Help With Garage Sale This Weekend
Please plan to sign up this weekend at the kiosk in the atrium, after services to help with the garage sale for True Vine, benefitting families who are adopting.
We will need help: unloading the trailer, sorting items April 25-29 (morning, afternoon and evening times available), volunteer for security (off-duty police officer), help day of sale (on the floor, loading peoples vehicles, bagging items, totaling purchases) and clean-up (including some with trucks). Two hour shifts (or more) available. Volunteers will be given select time to purchase items from sale, prior to opening.
We need lots of help, so please sign up!!!
We will need help: unloading the trailer, sorting items April 25-29 (morning, afternoon and evening times available), volunteer for security (off-duty police officer), help day of sale (on the floor, loading peoples vehicles, bagging items, totaling purchases) and clean-up (including some with trucks). Two hour shifts (or more) available. Volunteers will be given select time to purchase items from sale, prior to opening.
We need lots of help, so please sign up!!!
Friday, March 12, 2010
A Family For Every Child
Laura gave me this article in Reader's Digest to read about a lady in Oregon who got frustrated with the foster care system and set out to find homes for these children. It is really cool thing she did.
Check out afamilyforeverychild.org to learn more
Check out afamilyforeverychild.org to learn more
Friday, March 5, 2010
Phillipine Summer Hosting Program
I received some information on hosting some children from the Philippines this summer, with the possibility of adopting them. If you are interested, please contact me and I can provide you with more information, as well as specifics on the children.
The way the Philippine hosting program works as follows:
1.Interested families are recruited. The first priority is for families who want to host and adopt. We will also want some back-up families and these can be just interested in hosting.
2.Profiles are generated for each of the families which include information on the number, age and gender of the child/children they want to host, plus any willingness to accept any kinds of medical or other issues.
3.Staff within the Inter-Country Adoption Board of the Philippines and various orphanages will be choosing children who are good candidates for the program.
4.Photos, case studies and medical information on each child proposed for the program will be sent to Hand In Hand.
5.The children are matched to the host families that seem the best fit for them.
The children for this camp will be children between 7 and 15 years old who are considered to be good candidates for international adoption, who are legally free for adoption, and who have a desire to be a part of a “forever family.” In addition to single children, there will be the possibility of a family choosing to host a sibling group. (there are 3 sibling sets)
The children will stay in the U.S. for a 3-4 week period and then return to the Philippines. Families who choose to adopt their host child or children will then submit a complete dossier to the Inter-Country Adoption Board requesting to adopt that specific child.
Host/adopt families will need to be finished with home studies before the children come, so that after the children’s departure little time is needed to prepare the dossiers for submission to the Philippines. (If a family decides not to adopt the child they hosted, we can continue to build and submit their dossier to the Philippines for a match through the regular adoption process.) We also want families to have their first Immigration filing initiated before the children arrive, since it is a lengthy process. (This too will apply to the adoption of a child through the hosting program, or through a regular adoption process
The camp is to be July 10 to August 10 and families who participate must have their home studies done before the children arrive. There is more information on complete case studies, photos, medicals and psychological evaluations on all of the potential children.
The way the Philippine hosting program works as follows:
1.Interested families are recruited. The first priority is for families who want to host and adopt. We will also want some back-up families and these can be just interested in hosting.
2.Profiles are generated for each of the families which include information on the number, age and gender of the child/children they want to host, plus any willingness to accept any kinds of medical or other issues.
3.Staff within the Inter-Country Adoption Board of the Philippines and various orphanages will be choosing children who are good candidates for the program.
4.Photos, case studies and medical information on each child proposed for the program will be sent to Hand In Hand.
5.The children are matched to the host families that seem the best fit for them.
The children for this camp will be children between 7 and 15 years old who are considered to be good candidates for international adoption, who are legally free for adoption, and who have a desire to be a part of a “forever family.” In addition to single children, there will be the possibility of a family choosing to host a sibling group. (there are 3 sibling sets)
The children will stay in the U.S. for a 3-4 week period and then return to the Philippines. Families who choose to adopt their host child or children will then submit a complete dossier to the Inter-Country Adoption Board requesting to adopt that specific child.
Host/adopt families will need to be finished with home studies before the children come, so that after the children’s departure little time is needed to prepare the dossiers for submission to the Philippines. (If a family decides not to adopt the child they hosted, we can continue to build and submit their dossier to the Philippines for a match through the regular adoption process.) We also want families to have their first Immigration filing initiated before the children arrive, since it is a lengthy process. (This too will apply to the adoption of a child through the hosting program, or through a regular adoption process
The camp is to be July 10 to August 10 and families who participate must have their home studies done before the children arrive. There is more information on complete case studies, photos, medicals and psychological evaluations on all of the potential children.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
True Vine Garage Sale
PATHWAY COMMUNITY CHURCH GARAGE SALE, benefitting families who are adopting
Friday, April 30 from 8am-8pm and Saturday, May 1 from 8am-12noon
11910 Shearwater Run, Fort Wayne, IN 46845
EARLY STORAGE NOW AVAILABLE!!!!
We will collect your gently used items March 6,7, 20 and 21 after services. In addition, we will collect 2 weekends in April. Look for the trailer on the church parking lot. We will have volunteers collecting items.
*We will need volunteers April 25-29 to help sort and price, as well as working the garage sale and clean-up on April 30 and May 1. We will be having a sign-up sheet for volunteers on March 27 and March 28 in the church atrium.
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO HELP AN ORPHAN JOIN A FOREVER FAMILY!!
Friday, April 30 from 8am-8pm and Saturday, May 1 from 8am-12noon
11910 Shearwater Run, Fort Wayne, IN 46845
EARLY STORAGE NOW AVAILABLE!!!!
We will collect your gently used items March 6,7, 20 and 21 after services. In addition, we will collect 2 weekends in April. Look for the trailer on the church parking lot. We will have volunteers collecting items.
*We will need volunteers April 25-29 to help sort and price, as well as working the garage sale and clean-up on April 30 and May 1. We will be having a sign-up sheet for volunteers on March 27 and March 28 in the church atrium.
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO HELP AN ORPHAN JOIN A FOREVER FAMILY!!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Fort4thefatherless and Guest Speaker
Thought you would want to know about an important event in Fort Wayne, focused on the needs of orphans. Check out the website for fort4thefatherless. It is a way to bring Fort Wayne churches together for orphans.
On May 21, there will be a powerful speaker who once was an orphan herself. This is a FREE event, but you have to register on the website.
No Longer Alone: An Evening with Stephanie Fast
Emmanuel Community Church
12222 U.S. 24, Fort Wayne, IN 46814-7472
Friday, May 21, 2010
7PM – 8:30PM
A little more background on the speaker:
*Mother – Korean
*Father – American GI
*Stephanie – born in 1955 in post-war Korea
*As a bi-racial child, she was left on the streets by her mother at the age of 4.
*Beaten, abused, thrown in a well, tied to a water-wheel to drown her, etc.
*On the streets for 3 years
*Survived on rodents, insects, stealing…
*Caught by farmers for stealing and was thrown in a bombed out building to die. The building was full of rats.
*She was dying and someone found her and put her in the garbage dump where she was found by a woman who put her in an orphanage.
*She lived in the orphanage until she was 9 years old. While there she was a domestic worker getting the water, washing the clothing and getting the other children ready for adoptive parents to pick.
*She was later chosen for adoption and came to the States
*Now married with 2 sons.
*Has a ministry called Destiny Ministries working with women in helping them to be all God wants them to be in spite of their past trauma and hurt.
On May 21, there will be a powerful speaker who once was an orphan herself. This is a FREE event, but you have to register on the website.
No Longer Alone: An Evening with Stephanie Fast
Emmanuel Community Church
12222 U.S. 24, Fort Wayne, IN 46814-7472
Friday, May 21, 2010
7PM – 8:30PM
A little more background on the speaker:
*Mother – Korean
*Father – American GI
*Stephanie – born in 1955 in post-war Korea
*As a bi-racial child, she was left on the streets by her mother at the age of 4.
*Beaten, abused, thrown in a well, tied to a water-wheel to drown her, etc.
*On the streets for 3 years
*Survived on rodents, insects, stealing…
*Caught by farmers for stealing and was thrown in a bombed out building to die. The building was full of rats.
*She was dying and someone found her and put her in the garbage dump where she was found by a woman who put her in an orphanage.
*She lived in the orphanage until she was 9 years old. While there she was a domestic worker getting the water, washing the clothing and getting the other children ready for adoptive parents to pick.
*She was later chosen for adoption and came to the States
*Now married with 2 sons.
*Has a ministry called Destiny Ministries working with women in helping them to be all God wants them to be in spite of their past trauma and hurt.
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