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Public
Awareness and Recruitment
The public learns about children waiting to be adopted through
the Center's extensive public awareness and recruitment program.
Its efforts include close work with the media, nationally and regionally,
to let people know that there are 114,000 children in this country
who wait for permanent families because their parents cannot care
for them.
The Center works closely with the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
and the Freddie mac Foundaation which have made adoption a top priority.
Each November, during National Adoption Month, posters and trayliners
featuring photos of waiting children are displayed at Wendy's restaurants
throughout the country.
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Information
and Referral
The Center responds to more than 30,000 potential adopters each
year.
Those requesting information may receive it online or may opt for
printed materials to be mailed to them. Information on a wide variety
of topics is available -- adopting children with special needs;
single parent adoption; infant adoption; advocacy and adoption subsidy.
The Center also maintains resource lists of adoption agencies in
all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada, and international agencies.
Interested families can refer to these lists to connect with local
adoption programs and begin the adoption process.
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The
Adoption Center of Delaware Valley
This program serves the region of southern Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and Delaware where more than 1,400 children wait for permanent families.
Adoption coordinators focus their efforts on the children by making
recruitment plans for these children, "matching" them
with appropriate families, scheduling them for recruitment efforts,
and working with area adoption agencies to help move them into families.
Recruitment outlets used by the Center include "Monday's Child,"
a weekly column in The Philadelphia Inquirer; "Tuesday's
Child," a weekly column in the Philadelphia Tribune;
a weekly television feature, "Wednesday's Child" on NBC-10
with Vai Sikahema and weekly features on KYW radio with Larry Kane.
Twice a year, the Center holds adoption parties where those approved
to adopt (having already worked with an adoption agency) meet waiting
children. This is a highly successful way to find families for children.
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Wednesday's Child Website
Through a grant from the Freddie Mac Foundation, the Center administers
the Wednesday's Child website, which can be be reached through www.adopt.org
or www.adopt.org/wednesdayschild. The site allows viewers to read
descriptions and see photos of children waiting to be adopted who
have been featured on television in Washington, D.C; Atlanta, New
York City; Los Angeles; and Philadelphia. Through links from the
site, the viewer can see videos of the TV features for some of the
"Wednesday's Children."
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Adoption
Clubhouse
An exciting website specifically for adopted children ages 8 -
13, their parents and others interested in knowing what's on the
minds of young adoptees.
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Publications
The Center has a lot of information for adoptive parents and for
those considering adoption. These materials are available by contacting
the Center. In addition, the Center publishes an annual report,
and a newsletter featuring the Wednesday's Child program and information
about happenings in the adoption world.
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