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The Theme Of National Adoption Month 2004 Is Answering The Call

The theme of National Adoption Month 2004 is "Answering the Call." This theme builds on the Collaboration to AdoptUSKids' national recruitment campaign. The purpose of National Adoption Month is to raise awareness about the 129,000 children in foster care nationwide waiting for permanent families. Recruitment efforts are highlighted throughout the National Adoption Month website to encourage America's families to "answer the call" to ensure the safety, permanency, and well-being of our children. The Collaboration to AdoptUSKids, a service of the U.S. Children's Bureau, partnered with the the Ad Council to launch a public service campaign on adoption that uses print, radio, television, and internet PSAs to encourage prospective parents to realize that they "don't have to be perfect to be a perfect parent."

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	Children can be adopted from other countries Adopting children from all over the world has become something U.S. residents and citizens have been doing more and more when starting or expanding their families. Over 20,000 inter-country adoptions are taking place per year in addition to the more than Most adoptive parents are two parent families Most adoptive parents are two parent families aged 31 to 40. A growing number of parents are aged 41 to 49. Most parents attended or completed college. Adoption assistance is available Monthly or one-time only subsidy payments to help adoptive parents raise children with special needs. These payments were initially made possible by the enactment of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-272) which provided Federa