Sentences with phrase «intended adoptive child»

The adoptive parent must be at least 19 years older than the intended adoptive child.

Not exact matches

Each Spring and Fall, Adoptions From The Heart offers a series of educational classes intended to increase knowledge and inform adoptive parents on various topics; including prenatal drug exposure, infant / child care and more.

It includes biological parents, adoptive parents and those in a serious relationship with one of the parents, who intend to treat the child as their own.

This factsheet is intended to help parents (birth, foster, and adoptive) and other caregivers better understand the challenges of caring for a child who has experienced maltreatment and learn about the resources available for support.

Resources for youth and families about permanency Highlights resources that are intended for youth; parents whose children have been removed from their homes; and kin, foster, and adoptive parents

Strengthening and Preserving Adoptive Families: A Study of TANF - Funded Post Adoption Services in New York State (PDF - 400 KB) Cornell University, Department of Policy Analysis and Management (2004) Reports on information about adoptive families in a program intended to strengthen families and reduce the number of children returning to foster care during the first 18 months of implemeAdoptive Families: A Study of TANF - Funded Post Adoption Services in New York State (PDF - 400 KB) Cornell University, Department of Policy Analysis and Management (2004) Reports on information about adoptive families in a program intended to strengthen families and reduce the number of children returning to foster care during the first 18 months of implemeadoptive families in a program intended to strengthen families and reduce the number of children returning to foster care during the first 18 months of implementation.

It is intended to support adoption professionals in addressing adoptive parents» and children's needs for services, recognizing key considerations in providing services, addressing emerging issues, and meeting common challenges in delivery.

The PRIDE Model of Practice is based on five essential competency categories for foster / adoptive parents, developed from a comprehensive national analysis of the roles of foster and adoptive parents and grouped into the following five categories: (1) Protecting and nurturing children (safety child welfare outcome); (2) Meeting children's developmental needs and addressing developmental delays (well - being child welfare outcome); (3) Supporting relationships between children and their families (permanency child welfare outcome); (4) Connecting children to safe, nurturing relationships intended to last a lifetime (permanency child welfare outcome); and (5) Working as a member of a professional team (essential to achieve the above four categories).

The government wants to see double the number of children placed with their new adoptive families at the earliest possible point, halving the time they are waiting in care for the full process to be completed, and intends to change regulations around the assessment of potential special guardians.

The materials, which were funded by DfE, are intended for use by children's social workers, fostering / adoption social workers, supervising social workers, independent reviewing officers, social work managers, foster carers, prospective adopters and adoptive parents.

This class is intended to help understand and meet the unique needs of foster and adoptive families and their children.