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5 Great Books for Kids that Will Help Them Understand Adoption and Foster Care
If you’re looking for a way to help your kids understand adoption and foster care, check out these titles Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care by Jennifer Wilgocki, Marcia Kahn Wright, and...
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Talking About Adoption
Adoption can be a tough topic to address — questions suddenly pop up and we really don’t know exactly how to answer them in a way that seems sensitive and appropriate. Here are a few tips to get...
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They Created a Family for Each Other
Gavin and April were hoping to have a family of their own. After dealing with the grief when they had trouble conceiving, they decided to adopt. They started the process to become a foster to adopt...
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Summer Sky 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011 | 1 – 5 p.m. | Heritage Center | no admission Once again, it is time to adopt a brighter outlook on summer at this year’s annual Summer Sky Festival. Summer Sky is a...
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Success Story: A Brighter Future for Zackary
Zackary, age 10, had been in the care of Clark County DJFS for most of his life. As a young boy, he suffered extreme abuse and neglect, which had left him with many emotional scars and behavioral...
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Meet Our Team Member: Q&A Foster Care With a Social Service Worker
Meet Karen. She’s a longtime member of the Clark County Family & Children Services team. We asked her for a few minutes of time last week to give our blog readers a behind-the-scenes look at the...
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Ready, Set, Foster! Preparing to Bring a Foster Child Into Your Home
I talk to prospective foster parents day-in and day-out who are preparing to bring a new child into their home. Inevitably, they ask me: “How can we make sure we’re ready?” Or, “How do I help my family...
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Top Five: Our Favorite Adoption Resources
Whether you’re currently an adoptive parent or considering becoming one, we know that you have lots of questions. People ask us all the time where they can turn to learn how to handle the unique...
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Mythbuster: Adoption Edition | The Truth About the Most Common Adoption Myths
For some reason, a lot of myths and urban legends run rampant when it comes to what people believe about adoption, foster care and how the qualification process works. One reason for this may be that...
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On-The-Rise Helps Kids in Clark County!
On-The-Rise is one of the great local nonprofit organizations we’re proud to partner with at Clark County Family & Children Services. We sat down with Deb McCollough of On-The-Rise, an eight-acre...
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