(Dublin, OH – May 1, 2008) It’s the list that prompted policy change. After the first Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in America list debuted in 2007, more than 50 organizations nationwide established or enhanced their adoption benefits for 2008. As a result, employers who made the top 100 list released today by the Dave Thomas Foundation [...]
Brittany’s Hope is a non-profit foundation dedicated to aiding and facilitating adoptions of special children from around the world. Each year thousands of children wait for adoption in foreign orphanages.
One of our adoption forum members is taking part in a fundraiser to benefit their Walk Of Love. Take a moment to look at their fundraising [...]
Did you know that many employers offer adoption benefits as part of their work/life package? Adoption benefits may include:
1) Financial assistance ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 to reimburse employees for adoption expenses.
2) Paid leave ranging from one to six weeks, providing the employee with full or partial salary.
3) Unpaid leave in addition to that mandated [...]
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is close to my heart because my own children came to us through a foster care adoption.
They help bring awareness to foster care adoption through programs such as “Adoption-Friendly Workplace” and their annual television special ‘A Home For the Holidays’ and
From their site:
…dedicated to dramatically increasing the adoptions of [...]
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