List of community Events, Support Groups ......
OLD FATHERS/ NEW DADS - SUPPORT GROUP FOR MALE PARENTS
MEETING DATES: EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY.
PLACE: FCAN: 135 DELAWARE AVENUE STE. 210
BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14201
CHILD CARE PROVIDED WITH PRE-REGISTRATION.
For more information, please contact FCAN at (716)
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News from North American Council on Adoptable Children(NACAC)
MAY IS NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH
Right now, more than 400,000 children are in foster care in the U.S.
During May, we can all work together to raise awareness about these children and youth and the best ways to support them and their families.
For more information, please see www.nacac.org
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Adoptive Foster Family Coalition New York www.AFFCNY.org.
Incorporated in 1975, was organized to address problems in NY's child welfare system which had resulted in protracted foster care stays in, what was intended to be a temporary system, but had in fact become the way of life for thousands of NY children caught in the foster care system. Some of the information on their website
Foster Care/ Claiming Children in care - Though the IRS clearly allows foster Parents to claim the children in their care on federal taxes, many are inadvertently prevented from doing so if they don't have access to the children social security number. AFFCNY is engaged in active advocacy on this contradiction in federal regulation and working with federal officials to resolve this issue.
Adoption Support - In this section you find information about adoption subsidy eligibility and regulations; tax benefits for adoptive families; and grants, loan and employer programs to assist with funding adoption related expenses.
For more information, please visit the website www.AFFCNY.org.
OLD FATHERS/ NEW DADS - SUPPORT GROUP FOR MALE PARENTS
MEETING DATES: EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY.
PLACE: FCAN: 135 DELAWARE AVENUE STE. 210
BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14201
CHILD CARE PROVIDED WITH PRE-REGISTRATION.
For more information, please contact FCAN at (716)
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News from North American Council on Adoptable Children(NACAC)
MAY IS NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH
Right now, more than 400,000 children are in foster care in the U.S.
During May, we can all work together to raise awareness about these children and youth and the best ways to support them and their families.
For more information, please see www.nacac.org
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Adoptive Foster Family Coalition New York www.AFFCNY.org.
Incorporated in 1975, was organized to address problems in NY's child welfare system which had resulted in protracted foster care stays in, what was intended to be a temporary system, but had in fact become the way of life for thousands of NY children caught in the foster care system. Some of the information on their website
Foster Care/ Claiming Children in care - Though the IRS clearly allows foster Parents to claim the children in their care on federal taxes, many are inadvertently prevented from doing so if they don't have access to the children social security number. AFFCNY is engaged in active advocacy on this contradiction in federal regulation and working with federal officials to resolve this issue.
Adoption Support - In this section you find information about adoption subsidy eligibility and regulations; tax benefits for adoptive families; and grants, loan and employer programs to assist with funding adoption related expenses.
For more information, please visit the website www.AFFCNY.org.