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Michigan Adoption Day, November 22
Michigan Adoption Day is cosponsored by the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Michigan Supreme Court, which founded the event to educate the public about the adoption process. In collaboration with local DHS offices and private adoption agencies, courts in participating counties are finalizing adoptions and holding receptions for adoptive families. Other counties are participating in educational events about adoption and foster care. Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has proclaimed November to be Michigan Adoption Month and the Michigan Supreme Court has issued a resolution declaring that November 22 is Michigan Adoption Day.
“Adoptions represent one of the most important functions of government: connecting children with permanent, loving families,” said Granholm. DHS director Marianne Udow said Michigan Adoption Day: “Demonstrates that every child deserves a forever family. At same time, the adoptive families get enormous joy from opening their homes and their hearts to a special child.
Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Clifford W. Taylor said that, while Adoption Day is a celebration for adopted children and their families: “We must be mindful that there are many other children who still need permanent homes. For their sake we need many more ‘adoption days’ throughout the year.”
Adoption assistance is available
Monthly or one-time only subsidy payments to help adoptive parents raise children with special needs. These payments were initially made possible by the enactment of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-272) which provided Federa Most adoptive parents are two parent families
Most adoptive parents are two parent families aged 31 to 40. A growing number of parents are aged 41 to 49. Most parents attended or completed college. Children can be adopted from other countries
Adopting children from all over the world has become something U.S. residents and citizens have been doing more and more when starting or expanding their families. Over 20,000 inter-country adoptions are taking place per year in addition to the more than
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Definition:
Formal or informal groups of adoptive parents and potential adoptive parents coming together to share information and resources. They often also offer friendship, emotional support and recreational activities for adoptive family members.
Birthparent
Definition:
Also called biological parent. The term used for the two persons who genetically created a child. These two persons have rights and responsibilities defined by law and the Constitution of the United States.
Facilitator
Definition:
A doctor, attorney, minister, or other individual who informally aids or promotes an adoption by making a person seeking to adopt a minor aware of a child who is, or will be, available for adoption.
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