Monday, September 10, 2007

Resources

Please list resources you have used that have been helpful. Please indicate who they are from, what the resource is and how it helped. Also include a contact number or email.

2 comments:

maaromi said...

BOOKS:
Brian Post's Beyond Consequences
When Love Is Not Enough
The Bible

FINANCIAL RESOURCES:
www.jamesfund.org- MaryJo Holdsworth
www.lifeintl.org- Andy Lehman
www.shaohannahshope.org

EDUCATION:
Foster Training Classes on attachment/trauma/meeting the needs of your child/loss

SUPPORT:
House Church group connection
Meeting their teachers/principal
Neighbors, Friends & Family- preparing them for their arrival by introducing them via phone and video for the transition

Hope this helps some of you.

Kelley E.B. Senkowski said...

From Marc Andreas:

Hi Kelley. I hope you’re all having a great meeting tonight including my wife Shelby. Since I work at Bethany Christian Services, I’m aware of a couple of websites that can be helpful for families dealing with the financial challenges of adoption as they do a nice job of showing benefits from many employers.

http://benefits.adoption.com/ and http://www.adoptionfriendlyworkplace.org/ASSETS/F716B4D9C3D944008127F67CECDB8117/100-BestAFW-Table-2007.pdf

Also, a lot of people know about the federal tax credit, but not everyone knows about the state tax credit which is available in Michigan and more than a dozen other states. http://international.adoption.com/foreign/state-federal-tax-benefits-for-international-adoption.html