Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive

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Here's what  The Institute For Child Welfare Innovation is all about:

"Here at the Institute we promote logical, effective and healing child welfare services that produce great results. We challenge the mindset of old-school thinkers, and we bring passion, patience and experience to the table. But we’re always ready to learn more!

For us, we demand that children, families and communities are treated fairly and equitably. We demand that systemic racism and inequality is eliminated as a factor when making decisions about family involvement for children in need of care and protection. There is a lifetime of work to be done.

So… here at the Institute we believe that change is necessary. Doing the same old thing leads to the same old results. We all know those results: Parents dismissed, kids separated from family, minority families treated differently, and agencies tasked with raising kids. None of this works. 

Here’s what we know: Family is paramount. When we look at family through a different lens, we see capability and opportunity. Instead of seeing a parent who left their child home alone, we see a parent whose child care fell through and they were forced to choose: miss work and thus food for the family or take the risk. We envision moving from a savior-based and removal child welfare system to one of prevention, healing and strength."

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HollyAnn and her husband John founded Addy’s Hope in 2005 after a personal tragedy during an adoption. John and HollyAnn have 9 children: Paizley, CallieAnn, Noah, Toben, Ava, Madison, Journey, Ella and Deacon. HollyAnn has been involved in the adoption community in various roles since 2001 when she and John adopted their oldest son. HollyAnn’s first official title in the adoption world was “Mom” and this greatly impacts the way she views her role at Addy’s Hope. HollyAnn served as an adoption advocate for America World Adoption Agency in 2003 and 2004. HollyAnn also worked with a local home study service provider writing home studies and providing support for families through all stages of the adoption process and continuing long after finalization. HollyAnn has served as Executive Director of Addy’s Hope since it’s beginning when the agency placed children from Guatemala. She oversaw the Liberian program and worked to open a progressive orphanage during the time Addy’s Hope served the children and people of Liberia. It was John and HollyAnn’s passion for the children who wait longer for adoptive homes that lead Addy’s Hope into what is now the They Wait program.  

HollyAnn has a passion to see all three parts of the adoption triad served well during the adoption process. She operates with a compassion and understanding that can only come through the experience of having adopted 6 children. HollyAnn has experienced private infant adoption, international adoption, foster-to-adopt, CPS matched adoption of a teenager, and kinship adoption. Her favorite role is being mom to her 9 children who span a 19-year age gap.

Connect with her here

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyann-petree-60a8875a/

https://twitter.com/hpetree

Check out HollyAnn’s blog here

https://hollyannpetree.com/my-blog

Find out about her adoption agency here

https://www.facebook.com/Addys-Hope-Adoption-Agency-242342115798446/

https://www.addyshope.org/

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Karen leads Texas Foster Care and Adoption Services. Connect with Karen at

https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-perez-9b2212b0/

Texas Foster Care and Adoption Services is a private non-profit child placing agency licensed by the State of Texas. The organization was formed by like-minded individuals, dedicated to the mission of making a real difference in the lives of children in the State of Texas.

The number of foster children are growing more and more every year. Today more than ever, we face the growing issue of needing more foster parents in Texas. Many people in the Texas region either know current or former foster children or foster families.

They are searching for people in the community to provide loving, nurturing and healing homes to abused and neglected children in the state of Texas. Texas Foster Care covers the Austin Metro and San Antonio areas.

Find out more at:

http://www.texasfostercare.org/

https://www.facebook.com/TexasFosterCareAndAdoptionServices

https://twitter.com/txfostercare

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Jodi is the President of The Adoptee Group and Josh is  their mental health director. The Adoptee Group was founded in 2020 to serve the Korean adoptees. It was later decided to support all adoptees and the adoption community. The group grew to 23 volunteers in the early stages. In 2021, their organization will launch TAG Network, a program that will offer mentors for youth age adoptees, coaches for adult age adoptees and mental health professional support for all adoptees. They will also launch TAG Cares, a funding program that will support the expenses for mental health professional sessions.

www.theadopteegroup.org

https://www.facebook.com/theadopteegroup

https://www.instagram.com/theadopteegroup/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-adoptee-group/

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Here's what Steffany says about herself  "I have been a part of the adoption field since 1993 and found it to be very rewarding. I was introduced to the field of adoption in college while obtaining my first master’s degree in Family Life Education and Consultation. I had always had an interest in unplanned pregnancy and infertility, but it was not until this point that I began to see how it all fit together.

While obtaining my second master’s degree in Social Work, I had the opportunity to also study Hospital and School Social Work. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about these other fields; however, I knew that my heart’s desire was to be involved in adoption. Within a few short months, doors began to open and starting an adoption agency became a reality.

Since 1998, Adoption & Beyond has grown from a small, one-person home-based agency to an agency with several workers covering two states. I am so thankful and blessed to have had the opportunity to work with hundreds of wonderful birth parents, adoptive families and their children. In addition, I am the proud mother of five children, one having joined our family through adoption."

Connect with Steffany here

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffany-aye-b1b91810/

Adoption & Beyond are dedicated to building meaningful relationships by educating, guiding and advocating for all touched by adoption, every step of the adoption journey and beyond.

Find out more at

https://adoption-beyond.org/

https://twitter.com/adoption_beyond

https://www.instagram.com/adoptionbeyond1/

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Connect with Whitney at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-whitney-9270a312b/

Creating a Family is the national adoption & foster care education and support nonprofit. Their mission is to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.  Their vision is that every adopted and foster child has a family who understands their unique gifts and challenges and is equipped to help them thrive. All of their resources are expert-based and trauma-informed.

Find out more about Creating A Family at:

https://creatingafamily.org/

https://www.facebook.com/creatingafamily

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Sandra Flach is a  wife, mom of eight—five through adoption, and Mimi to five precious grandchildren. Her heart and calling is to encourage and equip adoptive and foster parents and to inspire Christians to tangibly care for children and families in crisis as co-founder of Justice For Orphans.

For more about Sandra visit:

https://www.sandraflach.com/

https://twitter.com/sandraflachjfo?lang=en

Justice for Orphans exists to rally the Church for the cause of the fatherless. We INSPIRE, EDUCATE and EQUIP the Body of Christ toward adoption, foster care, global orphan care, and church orphan ministry.

For more about Justice For Orphans visit

https://www.justicefororphansny.org/

https://orphansnomore.podbean.com/

https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForOrphans/

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Find out more about Brenda here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-farrell-5b20359a/?originalSubdomain=uk

Barnardos are the largest not-for-profit fostering and adoption agency in the UK and have over 100 years' experience of placing children with families. They find, train and support carers and adoptive families so they can transform children’s lives.

Thomas Barnardo set up a ‘ragged school’ to help disadvantaged children in 1867. Now they’re helping hundreds of thousands of children, young people, parents and carers across the UK. 

They don’t abandon children because of who they are or what they’ve done. They listen to them, fight for their rights and do whatever it takes to protect and support them – because they believe that all children have the right to a happy and healthy life.

Find out more about Brenda here:

https://www.barnardos.org.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/barnardos

https://www.youtube.com/barnardos

https://www.instagram.com/barnardos_uk/

https://twitter.com/barnardos

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Greg was adopted at 7 days old, find out more about him at:

https://twitter.com/gregoryluce?lang=en

https://gregoryluce.com/

He's a lawyer working exclusively for adult adopted people, find out more at:

https://adopteerightslaw.com/

https://www.facebook.com/adopteerightslaw

https://twitter.com/adopteelaw/

He's also the founder of a  national U.S. nonprofit tax-exempt organization with an unwavering commitment to equality for all adopted people find out more at:

https://adopteesunited.org/

https://www.facebook.com/AdopteesUnited/

https://twitter.com/adopteesunited/

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Renée Carter is the CEO of Adopt Change, which also operates the program My Forever Family NSW. Renée is also a member of the Institute Advisory Group for the independent research centre Institute of Open Adoption Studies (The University of Sydney) and is Vice Chair of the NSW Committee on Adoption and Permanent Care (COAPC).

Renée is a member of Australian Institute of Company Directors, and has a strong background in communications and executive management, along with board level experience in corporate and not-for-profit sectors. Her experience includes three years as Chair of charity Child Abuse Prevention Service (CAPS), an organisation focused on early intervention, education and support of families and communities; and Managing Director of corporate communications specialists Designate Group.

Renée is passionate about influencing child welfare policy and practice to deliver timely and effective outcomes for children so they can have better childhood experiences and a brighter future, by garnering community, sector and government support.

Connect with Renée at 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneelcarter

Adopt Change believe that every child has the right to grow up in a safe, nurturing and permanent family home, and that all families need the appropriate supports for children to thrive.

Adopt Change work towards every child and young person having access to a safe, nurturing and stable family upbringing. They recognise the impact of childhood trauma, and provide a number of services and education so that children and families can be supported and thrive. They also work with government, sector and community to seek changes to legislation and policies to better provide for children and families.

Find out more at:

https://www.adoptchange.org.au/

https://www.facebook.com/AdoptChangeAU

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