Post-Legal Adoption Services For Children with Special Needs and Their Families : Challenges and Lessons Learned

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The Adoption Network, A Community of Resources (ANCOR) in Arizona provides the following services: advocacy, information and referral, mini-grants, outreach, respite or respite referral, support and educational groups (parent), and training for service providers.

Post-Legal Adoption Services: Targeting Single Mothers in California provides the following services: advocacy, assessment, case management, counseling/therapy, information and referral, mentoring programs, outreach, recreational/social activities, respite or respite referral, support and educational groups (child), support and educational groups (parent), and training for service providers.

Family & Friends Adoptive Network (FFAN) in California provides the following services: assessment, case management, crisis intervention/family preservation, information and referral, mentoring programs, outreach, recreational/social activities, respite or respite referral, support and educational groups (child), and support and educational groups (parent).

Adoptive Family Therapeutic & Educational Services (AFTER) in California provides the following services: advocacy, assessment, crisis intervention/family preservation, information and referral, outreach, recreational/social activities, support and educational groups (parent), and training for service providers.

Partnership for Strengthening Identity in California provides the following services: mentoring programs, mini-grants, outreach, recreational/social activities, support and educational groups (child), and support and educational groups (parent).

The Post-Legal Adoption Services Program in Connecticut provides the following services: advocacy, assessment, case management, counseling/therapy, crisis intervention/family preservation, information and referral, outreach, recreational/social activities, respite or respite referral, support and educational groups (child), support and educational groups (parent), and training for service providers.

Post-Legal Adoption Services Together (PAST) in Connecticut provides the following services: counseling/therapy, crisis intervention/family preservation, information and referral, outreach, recreational/social activities, respite or respite referral, support and educational groups (child), support and educational groups (parent), and training for service providers.

Pathways to Adoption in Massachusetts provides the following services: information and referral, mentoring programs, mini-grants, support and educational groups (child), support and educational groups (parent), and training for service providers.

Adoption Opportunities Grant in Michigan provides the following services: advocacy, assessment, case management, crisis intervention/family preservation, information and referral, recreational/social activities, respite or respite referral, support and educational groups (child), and support and educational groups (parent).

Forever Families Program in New York provides the following services: advocacy, case management, crisis intervention/family preservation, information and referral, mini-grants, outreach, support and educational groups (child), and support and educational groups (parent).

Post-Legal Adoption Network (PLAN) in New York provides the following services: advocacy, case management, counseling/therapy, crisis intervention/family preservation, information and referral, mini-grants, outreach, recreational/social activities, respite or respite referral, support and educational groups (parent), and training for service providers.

Pennsylvania Adoption Connection (PAC) in Pennsylvania provides the following services: assessment, case management, counseling/therapy, information and referral, mentoring programs, outreach, recreational/social activities, respite or respite referral, support and educational groups (child), support and educational groups (parent), and training for service providers.

Beyond Adoption: Creating A Community of Support in Pennsylvania provides the following services: information and referral, mini-grants, outreach, support and educational groups (parent), and training for service providers.

Post Legal Adoption Services in Vermont provides the following services: advocacy, case management, counseling/therapy, crisis intervention/family preservation, information and referral, recreational/social activities, support and educational groups (child), support and educational groups (parent), and training for service providers.

Strengthening Special Needs and Interracial Families in Washington provides the following services: assessment, information and referral, outreach, support and educational groups (parent), and training for service providers.

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