CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS
The CAFO Blog
Month: August 2011
Insider Perspective on Key Foster Care Issues
Our friends at Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s (CCAI) this week released a few report carrying recommendations on addressing a range of hotly-debated issues surrounding the U.S. foster system, including...
Tragedy in the Horn of Africa
If you’ve caught even a glimpse of the news recently, you’ve seen the tragedy unfolding in the Horn of Africa. Observers are already describing the famine as the most serious...
International Adoption Trends…And Serious Efforts to Change Them
Our friends at JCICS today shared an internal report on trends in international adoption. It confirms the continued impacts of a deeply-flawed inter-country adoption system globally. From 2004 to 2010,...
Finding Families for Foster Youth Saves Government Significantly
Often, it takes hard work to prove what you know intuitively. Such efforts, however, can be vital in demonstrating in black-and-white the difference that common sense solutions can make. Such...
IRS Provides Further Guidance on Adoption Tax Credit
Although the IRS released some guidance last year on applying for the Adoption Tax Credit, many family have still faced challenges in receiving the credit. Personally, I recently went through...
Christian Alliance for Orphans Honored with NCFA’s “Friend of Adoption” Award
At its national conference in July, the National Council for Adoption announced its 2011 awards. The Christian Alliance for Orphans and the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships...