National Resource Center for Permanency & Family Conncetions Foster Care Fact Sheets The NRCPFC prepared fact sheets about foster care for the National Foster Care Month campaign. For each state and the District of Columbia, you can find the following information: Number of children in foster care Average age and number of children in[.....]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month    In the United States in 2007… 3.2 million child abuse reports were made5.8 million children were involved 794,000 children were found to be victims of abuse Of these, 59.0% were victims of neglect 10.8% were physically abused 7.6% were sexually abused 4.2% were emotionally maltreated An estimated 1,760 children[.....]

Some facts about America’s children… In the United States, nearly 800,000 children a year are victims of child abuse and neglect. In 80% of these cases, one or more parents is the perpetrator. In Oklahoma, nearly 63,000 child abuse reports are made annually. Over 13,000 cases receiving an investigation are substantiated. Childhood trauma can change[.....]

Let me tell you what is happening through CRF in Haiti because of your generosity. First of all, we have been bringing in food from two sources to two places in Port-au-Prince. We had a feeding program and children’s work there before the earthquake which was overseen by Roberta Edwards. CRF has been funding a[.....]

MEMPHIS, TN – Thousands of children in Haiti need families since the earthquake that devastated the country. Mid-South adoption agencies say calls have been pouring in since the earthquake hit. Adoptions that were interrupted by the quake may get some help from the federal government, but people interested in adopting now face a lot of[.....]

Michael McDonald knows some of the biggest hurdles in adopting a child come after the deed is done. Studies have shown the failure rate for adoptions can be as high as 25 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, but that is not the case when families receive training and counseling[.....]

The following was printed in the Children’s Homes (Paragould, Arkansas) newsletter.  If you go to the link at the end you can read the national news about children in our country from msnbc on October 20, 2009. On occasion, a story comes to light on a national level that illustrates the need for organizations like[.....]

LOCAL CYCLISTS PARTICIPATE IN STATEWIDE RACE TO RAISE ADOPTION AWARENESS TN ASAP (Adoption Support and Preservation) Program Brings Partners Together for Ride (Memphis, TN) – The week of October 5, 2009, cyclists participated in the 5th annual Adoption Tour Bike Ride.  Over 80 cyclists rode more than 430 miles statewide to raise awareness of the[.....]

Since 2000, the goal of National Adoption Day has been that every community in the U.S. will have an annual, institutionalized, self-driven celebration of National Adoption Day on or near the Saturday before Thanksgiving, which can include finalizing adoptions of children from foster care and celebrating all adoptions. In total, more than 25,000 children have[.....]