Adoption Reform Begins In Oklahoma

One of our adoption forum members brought this to our attention yesterday. Legislation increasing financial transparency during the adoption process to prevent the extortion of adoptive families gained the approval of the Oklahoma House of Representatives this week. OKLAHOMA CITY (April 16, 2009) – Both the Oklahoma House of Representatives and state Senate voted today to increase financial transparency during the adoption...

Urge Senate To Reauthorize Adoption Incentive Prog...

(rainbowmom thank you for passing this along from our adoption forums) ACTION ALERT: Ask Senators on the Finance Committee to act NOW to reauthorize the Adoption Incentive Program and help support adoption and relative guardianship Today, more than 127,000 children and young people in foster care are waiting to leave the system – for good – to join permanent families. Every day without a permanent family feels like a...

The Fostering Adoption to Further Student Achievem...

The Fostering Adoption to Further Student Achievement Act (FAFSA) became law as an amendment to the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (Public Law 110-84). The FAFSA provision will make it possible for teens in foster care to be adopted without losing access to college financial aid. Under this new law, youth who are adopted from foster care at any point after their 13th birthday will not have to include their...

Paid For Choosing Adoption

Senator Dan Patrick (Texas) wants to pay pregnant women 500 dollars for choosing adoption over abortion. The bill has not been scheduled yet for a hearing in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. I think it’s an interesting idea, but one that would have a lot of kinks to work out. Sen. Patricks proposal calls for giving any woman going to an abortion clinic the $500 option, to be paid no more than 30 days...

Florida Adoption Related Legislative

2006-2007 HOUSE BILL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE HB-803 Qualifying Adoptive Parents/Benefits: (Identical SB-362) (Representative Cusack) Defines term “qualifying adoptive parent”; expands categories of persons who are eligible to be qualifying adoptive parents; provides that qualifying adoptive parent who adopts special-needs child is eligible to receive specified monetary benefit that is paid to adoptive parent in equal...