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URL:https://www.antelopevalley.com/events/childrens-bureau-information-mee
 ting-for-foster-or-foster-adopt/
SUMMARY:Children's Bureau Information Meeting for Foster or Foster-Adopt!
DESCRIPTION:        November is National Adoption Month\, a celebra
 tion to bring awareness and attention to the need for permanent families f
 or children and youth in the U.S. foster care system.  Since 2000\, Child
 ren’s Bureau has finalized more than 2\,116 adoptions of vulnerable chil
 dren in Southern California and continues to promote the need for resource
  parents through its “Be the Reason” recruitment campaign seen on outd
 oor ad space and online.\n \nIn Los Angeles County\, the foster care popu
 lation exceeds 21\,000 children with 500 of those foster children\, mainly
  siblings and older children\, waiting for an adoptive family.  While Chi
 ldren’s Bureau places more than 300 at-risk children in loving foster ho
 mes and finalizes 100 adoptions annually\, the need continues for more ind
 ividuals and families to become resource parents.  Resource parents (fost
 er and adoptive) are people who are concerned about the well-being of chil
 dren and their families. Resource parents protect and nurture children\, m
 eet children’s developmental needs\, support children’s relationships 
 with their birth families and do all of this as a member of a professional
  team. \n \n“Children’s Bureau turns away at least 50 calls a day be
 cause we don’t have enough resource families to meet the demanding need\
 ,” said Amy Heilman\, Children’s Bureau’s Director of Foster Care an
 d Adoption. \n \nChildren's Bureau now also offers a fee-for-service Dom
 estic /Independent Adoption Home Study Program for families seeking the ad
 option of an infant whose birth mother is making an adoption plan for her 
 newborn child.  In addition to adoption home studies\, Children’s Burea
 u provides approval of Interstate Compact packets\, post placement supervi
 sion visits and reports\, and finalization services when the birth mother 
 delivers her baby in another state and the family / birth mother is workin
 g with an adoption agency.\n \nChildren’s Bureau welcomes every individ
 ual regardless of race\, age\, religion\, disability\, marital status\, et
 hnic background\, sexual orientation\, gender identity or expression to be
 come a resource for children.  Qualifying families receive training and s
 upport throughout their journey.  For those interested\, an information m
 eeting is being held Saturday\, November 3\, 2018 from 10:00 AM to Noon at
  Children’s Bureau’s local branch\, 1529 East Palmdale Blvd.\, Suite 2
 10\, Palmdale\, CA 93550. To R.S.V.P.\,  or  for more information\, plea
 se call 661-208-4212 or 661-272-9996\, email  RFrecruitment@all4kids.org 
 \, or visit https://www.all4kids.org/program/foster-care/.\n \nAbout Chil
 dren’s Bureau:\nSince 1904\, Children's Bureau (www.all4kids.org) has be
 en a nonprofit leader in protecting vulnerable children through prevention
 \, treatment and advocacy. The agency is unique in that it focuses on thre
 e key areas for creating impact: strengthening families and communities\, 
 building peer capacity and transforming systems and communities.  Childre
 n’s Bureau helps 40\,000 children and parents each year throughout South
 ern California with services that include school readiness\, parenting cla
 sses\, family resource centers\, support groups\, mental health counseling
 \, foster care and foster-adoption and more.  Children’s Bureau is one 
 of the largest investors in child abuse prevention in the country and is d
 eveloping a national model to transform an entire at-risk community throug
 h its Magnolia Community Initiative. 
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