¨ The National Foster Parent Association is the only national organization which strives to support foster parents, and remains a consistently strong voice on behalf of all children. The NFPA strengthens foster families through nationally focused legislative advocacy, training and education, publications, and networking among foster parents, state and local foster parent associations, and child welfare organizations.
http://www.nfpainc.org
¨ The Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services (IPAS) mission is to protect and promote the rights of individuals with disabilities, through empowerment and advocacy.
http://www.in.gov/ipas/
¨ If you are interested in adoption, the North American Council on Adoptable Children is one of the best resources available for understanding how adoption works and keeping up with the latest publications and trends in adoption.
¨ The Indiana Adoption Program hosts a website for children who are ready to be adopted and looking for families at www.adoptachild.in.gov. If you would like more information or have questions once you have visited the site please call 800-468-4228 for assistance.
¨ To visit Indiana’s Heart Gallery program for adoption visit www.indianaheartgallery.org.
¨ The site AdoptUSkids is a national photo listing service for children awaiting adoption across the United States. AdoptUSKids.org
¨ Visit Adopting.org for adoption assistance information, a U.S. map linked to each state's waiting children, profiles of waiting parents, search and reunion guides, a chat room, a bulletin board and a resources directory.
¨ The site Adoption.com offers an array of services for adoption as well as foster care.
¨ The Child Welfare Information Gateway connects professionals and concerned citizens to timely, essential information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and children and families.
¨ The Child Welfare League of America's National Data Analysis System ,NDAS , provides access to all states' child abuse and neglect data since 1990 and links to child welfare agency Web sites and other sources. CWLA's main site (www.cwla.org) also includes a bookstore with many titles related to child welfare.
¨ The National Resource Center for Youth Services, NRCYS, offers training, resources, publications and other support to those who are working with Child Welfare and Independent Living issues. Dorothy Ansell, the co-developer of the Ansell Casey Life Skills Assessment, is an Assistant Director of the Institute.
¨ Success Technologies Corporation offers training and a number of other resources for foster and adoptive parents and anyone working with youth.
¨ IPAS, "Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services (IPAS), is an independent state agency that protects and promotes the rights of individuals with disabilities, through empowerment and advocacy."
¨ The National Center for Adoption Law and Policy, A comprehensive online complition of adoption law. The Lawsite hosts all statues, all regulations, key cases, and key articles from every U.S. site and territory, along with federal and international materials.
¨ Federal Tax Benefit Guide for Foster/Adoptive Parents and Kinship Caregivers
Www.irs.gov/publications/p501/ao02.html#dOe3180
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