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National Adoption Day

Celebrating Families on Adoption Day

Judith Sandalow | Posted 01.21.2013 | DC
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Judith Sandalow

On Saturday, I celebrated the 26th annual Adoption Day at the D.C. Superior Court with several Children's Law Center clients as their relationships were formally recognized with a final decree of adoption.

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A Successful National Adoption Day

Rhea Perlman | Posted 01.22.2012 | Impact
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Rhea Perlman

This Adoption Day, 120 foster kids were officially accepted into their new families in Los Angeles. Across the country more than 4,000 adoptions were finalized.

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Arin Greenwood

D.C. Superior Court To Host 25th Adoption Day

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.18.2011 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Happy stories coming out of the District of Columbia's Moultrie Courthouse are few and far between. But Saturday, there will be plenty o...

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National Adoption Month: A Time to Celebrate and to Educate

Michael Piraino | Posted 01.18.2012 | Impact
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Michael Piraino

The act of inviting an adopted child into one's life is not made easily. About one in three Americans has considered adoption, but far fewer actually follow through and become adoptive parents.

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Faced with Faces

Christine James-Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Christine James-Brown

More than 110,000 children in the United States -- who have suffered from abuse and/or neglect -- have nowhere to go. They are wards of the state and waiting in the foster care system.

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The List

Nia Vardalos | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Nia Vardalos

A common misconception about adoption is that to get a kid you just have to go to another country and be as pretty as Angelina Jolie. As studio executives and movie reviewers have informed me again and again, I'm not.

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