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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 2005

Page

3

Bureaucracy deters would-be parents in adoption process

A new Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute report finds fewer than 1 in 16 adults who inquire about adoption proceed to adopt. Agencies must be friendlier, with hotlines and trained staff offering immediate, encouraging guidance, clearer information, and less alienating conduct.

New York Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute

Adoption backlog prompts new federal outreach effort

A federal study finds 126000 foster children awaiting adoption and about 53000 taken in 2002, with only 3.6 percent of adults who inquire succeeding. AdoptUSKids aims to improve customer service and state recruitment response teams to foster quicker, warmer adoptions. Leaders urge welcoming screening and reduced barriers to encourage prospective parents.

Barb Holtan Adoptuskids Peo Katz Donaldson Institute

Bush names Griffin NASA chief from Hopkins lab

President Bush selects Johns Hopkins physicist Michael D. Griffin to head NASA after Sean O Keefe's departure. Griffin leads Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Space Department, with prior roles as president and COO of In Q Tel a CIA funded venture capital outfit.

Bush NASA Washington Johns Hopkins University Michael D. Griffin National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sean O’keefe Space Agency Louisiana State University Frederick Gregory Griffin Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory In-Q-Tel

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