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.
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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.
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Adoptuskids
Peo
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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.
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Sean O’keefe
Space Agency
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Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory
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