Parents who adopted children since the beginning of this year may be eligible for up to $20,000 in grant money from the Ohio state government.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed an executive order to launch the Ohio Adoption Grant Program, which will provide up to $20,000 to parents adopting a child.

Karin startte 'datingsite' voor wensouders: 'De gunfactor is enorm' - LINDA.nl (Karin started 'dating site' for prospective parents: 'The goodwill factor is huge' - LINDA.nl)

KARIN (39) SET UP A 'DATING SITE' FOR PROSPECTIVE PARENTS AND FOUND A DONOR THERE HERSELF

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“In Haiti, Mica didn't have a mirror, so it hangs above her play corner. It is special for her to see herself,” says Miranda Tollenaar (49). She recently started living with her adopted daughter in a 'no longer so humble home' in Arnhem.

“I used to live in a small house. Too small for Mica and me together. My dream was to find a house for the two of us, within walking distance of Mica's school. But I never thought it would work.” The Arnhemmer searched for a long time for a suitable, larger home and out of desperation she even enlisted the help of a TV program . Miranda eventually found her place in the Spijkerkwartier.

A place of your own

"This house brought us peace after the adoption period." It lasted eleven years and gained momentum when Miranda was allowed to pick up Mica after all these years. “It gives us a fulfilled feeling that we have everything we want here. A delight!” De Arnhemmer refers to, among other things, the amount of space (76 square meters), two separate bedrooms and a garden. "I always thought that combination was not feasible, but now we both have our own place."

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The body under the Delhi government has also backed the demand for conferring adoption and succession rights for same-sex couples raised in a clutch of pleas pending in the apex court. In its intervention application filed this week, the statutory body submitted that same-sex couples were not in any advantageous or disadvantageous position at parenting when compared to heterosexual parents.

Coming out in support of the legalisation of same-sex marriages, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court.

The body under the Delhi government has also backed the demand for conferring adoption and succession rights for same-sex couples raised in a clutch of pleas pending in the apex court.

In its intervention application filed this week, the statutory body submitted that same-sex couples were not in any advantageous or disadvantageous position at parenting when compared to heterosexual parents.

Hamm · When she was 13, Petra Welkers from Hamm found out that she had been adopted – she was lied to about the background, she had to cope with it on her own. How disastrous that was for her life and why she only started researching her origins at the age of 52.

By Jörg Isringhaus

When Petra Welkers opened her adoption file for the first time at the age of

52, her heart was pounding in her throat. Again and again she had

fantasized that she would find a photo or a letter from her birth mother in

Shariya Small was 14 when she gave birth to triplets in 2020.

The infants, born at 26 weeks gestation, spent over five months in the neonatal intensive care unit at Indianapolis’ Community Hospital North, where Small, only in eighth grade at the time, met nurse Katrina Mullen.

“She’d be there alone for days at a time sitting at her babies’ bedside,” Mullen, 45, told TODAY.com, noting that Small refused to share information about her personal life. It wasn’t until Mullen revealed that she, too, had been a teen mom that a relationship between the pair began to bud.

“That’s when we really developed trust,” said the nurse, who has five children of her own.

Even after establishing a judgement-free space, Small was still hesitant to share too much, but it didn’t deter Mullen from offering her phone number to the young mom of three — just in case.

A couple hailing from Karnataka and settled in Germany adopted the one-year-old baby on Thursday, in presence of Cuttack Collector, Bhabani Shankar Chayani.

Until recently, she was known as Sai Shreemayee and her address was ‘Servants of India Society, an orphanage located in Choudwar in Cuttack district.

From now on, she will be known as Sai Meenakshi and her new address will be Germany as she has been adopted by a childless NRI couple.

Kochi: In the latest update to the Kalamassery adoption row, the child has been temporarily handed over to the Tripunithura couple, who were accused of forging the infant's birth certificate, upon the direction of the Kerala High Court.

Earlier, the court had assigned the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) to decide on custody of the child. Following this, the committee decided to place the child in the temporary custody of the couple.

Meanwhile, the child's biological parents say they cannot accept the infant under the current circumstances. After the CWC informed the high court about the matter, it directed the Tripunithura couple to legally apply for adoption.

The adoption row came to light after the CWC found that the Tripunithura couple had adopted a newborn child from Kalamassery Medical College by forging a birth certificate. Furthermore, Anilkumar, an administrative staff of the medical college, was suspended in connection with the issue. He was accused of aiding the couple by expediting illegal adoption procedures.

A woman has shared her despair after a DNA kit revealed her boyfriend of six years to actually be her biological brother, admitting she doesn't know where to go from here

A woman's entire life has been turned upside down after a DNA kit revealed her boyfriend of six years to be her biological brother. The 30-year-old, who was adopted from birth, explained how she met her boyfriend after graduating from high school - and instantly hit it off with him.

She says they "bonded" over the fact they're both adopted, finding comfort in their shared experience. Taking to Reddit, she said: "I was adopted as a baby. I love my parents and my parents love me - who cares if they aren't my real parents.

"My boyfriend was also adopted and when we met it was one of the things we sort of bonded over. We both didn't learn we were adopted until high school and we both were lucky and had good families."

She went on to explain how their relationship blossomed "very fast" thanks to their "understanding" and "attraction" to each other.

Are you part of an organization for adoption stakeholders and do you have ideas for a joint project, in collaboration with at least 2 other organizations? Then you might be eligible for this one-off incentive! Until May 31, 2023 you can submit a project application to the Adoption Support Center for financial support (€ 2500) and the possibility of guidance.

The Adoption Support Center is launching this one-off call in the context of the policy action 'expanding low-threshold care and guidance' and the policy recommendation 'professional development of peer contact for those involved in adoption' of the 'care and guidance' working group.

Here you will find more information and the conditions to participate. You can submit a project via this form . Good luck!

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