Draft Revised Foster Family Home Regulations are here:
Packet1 and Packet2. 

Announcing Adoption-Wraparound.org. Intensive post-adoption process for struggling adoptive families, for Counties, Families, and Private Agencies.

Interesting ABC video regarding international adoption and Madonna (ignore the initial commercial).

March 13th: BILL WITHDRAWN DUE TO BUDGET CRISIS AB 12 extending foster care to age 21. Starts a furor on talk radio. Go to the Legislation page to see analysis.

March 8th: Proof that Adoption from Foster Care saves big dollars. Citing costs from the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 fiscal years, Scott Carney of CDSS reports on Adoption Cost Benefits.

Contra County lays off frontline Social Workers

Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act (HR 6893) signed by former President. (word doc click here).
Full text as considered by Senate is here (latest version posted on web).

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