Announcements
Posted 5/8/2012
New Resources for Spanish Speaking and Bilingual Families
If you or someone you know is looking for information in Spanish about adoption and foster care, we have a new Spanish language section on our website just for families. In addition to all the new resources in Spanish, those who are bilingual can easily flip back-and-forth between the English and Spanish versions of the content.
Posted 4/30/2012
Help Us Celebrate National Foster Care Month
National Foster Care Month provides a great opportunity to celebrate and honor the foster families who open their homes and hearts to children needing care. It is also a time to reflect on the resilience of the more than 2 million foster care alumni living in our country today.
Posted 4/24/2012
Rebecca Margulies Named AdoptUSKids' April Caseworker of the Month
Rebecca Margulies, an adoption coordinator for Jewish Family & Community Services in Jacksonville, Florida, is our April Caseworker of the Month. When trying to place a child with special needs who had already been through one failed adoption, Margulies took special care to ensure the second adoption would be a success.
Posted 4/24/2012
Adoption Success Story of the Windwalker Family
Talon Windwalker of Colorado, who is a foster alum himself, is helping redefine what home means to his son Steven, 10, who he adopted from foster care four years ago. The two have been traveling the western hemisphere for the last year leading ‘nomad’ lives in the school of the world.
Posted 4/23/2012
New Tip Sheet on Dealing with Depression in Adopted Teens
A new tip sheet titled Depression in Teens Who Were Adopted: What Families Need to Know (PDF – 216 KB) provides information and resources for helping recognize whether a teen is going through a temporary phase, or instead, may be suffering from teen depression. The tip sheet was produced by the Adoption Resources of Wisconsin in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families.
