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The Coalition's Helpline is ALWAYS open!
The only FREE statewide 24/7 service of its kind for foster parents, adoptive parents, relative caregivers and professionals. HelpLine 1.888.80.HELPLINE ( 1.888.804.3575)
#AFFCNY #AFFCNYNetwork #Helpline
Women’s Week focuses on five standards:
Building relationships
Self-knowledge
Sexual assault & interpersonal violence
Healthy self-image
Leadership development.
#WomensWeek #WomensDay #IWD #AFFCNY #AFFCNYNetwork
One signature changed our lives. One flick of the pen. One second for the ink to dry and I was no longer yours, you no longer mine.
Claire Hudson, Project Dawn #AFFCNYNetwork #AFFCNY #Adoption #ListenToAdoptees #Trauma #TraumaInformed #NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth
“Being adopted is hard and that society expects me to be grateful for the insurmountable losses that are part of adoption is cruel.” J.L., Transracial Adoptee #AFFCNYNetwork #AFFCNY #Adoption #ListenToAdoptees #Trauma #TraumaInformed #NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth #FosterVoices
There are about 117,000 children in foster care - post TPR - and they deserve the respect of having their voices be heard.#AFFCNYNetwork #AFFCNY #Adoption #ListenToAdoptees #Trauma #TraumaInformed #NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth #FosterVoices #AdopteeVoices
"Adoption trauma begins at the spin of the wheel regardless of the luck of the draw." - Chester Jackson #AFFCNYNetwork #AFFCNY #Adoption #ListenToAdoptees #Trauma #NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth #FosterVoices #AdopteeVoices
Listen to adult adoptees even (especially) when it's hard. Thank them for the free education you are receiving from their emotional labour. #AFFCNYNetwork #AFFCNY #Adoption #ListenToAdoptees #Trauma #TraumaInformed #NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth #FosterVoices
"The focus should be on finding a family for a foster child not finding a foster child for a family."- Foster Youth Activist #AFFCNYNetwork #AFFCNY #Adoption #ListenToAdoptees #Trauma #TraumaInformed #NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth #FosterVoices
Adoptees are the experts on adoption. They are the only ones with a lifetime of lived experience. Listen to their voices. Elevate their voices.
#AFFCNY #Adoption #ListenToAdoptees #Trauma #TraumaInformed #NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth #FosterVoices #AdopteeVoices #JustListen
We, believe in elevating the voices of the #adopted. Not just during #NAAM but throughout the year.
#NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth
#Fostercare #Trauma #resilience #AFFCNY #AFFCNYNetwork #TraumaInformed #ListenToAdoptees
Have a question related to #adoption, #fostercare, or #kinshipcare? Call our #helpline.#AFFCNY runs the only FREE statewide 24/7 service of its kind for foster parents, adoptive parents, relative caregivers, adult adoptees & professionals.
888.80.HELPLINE that’s 888.804.3575.
"AFFCNY is committed to be part of the Family First efforts going on in New York State right now, preventing as many children from coming into the foster care system as possible...", Pat O'Brien, Executive Director #affcny #Fostercare #KinshipCare #AFFCNYNetwork
“Childhood trauma does not come in one single package.”
― Asa Don Brown
#Hurting #Hoping #Helping #Healing #33rdAnnualNewYorkStateFosterCareAndAdoptionConference #AFFCNY #AFFCNYNetwork
"If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children." Rosa Parks
#RosaParks #Freedom #Equality #Children #AFFCNY #AFFCNYNetwork #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #Love #NotJustOneMonth #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
Did You Know?
After reaching the age of 18, 20% of the children who were in foster care will become instantly homeless. Source: National Youth Foster Institute
#NationalYouthFosterInstitute #KinshipCare #AFFCNY #AFFCNYNetwork #fostercare
"I can both love my family and miss my connection to my biological mother. I can grieve the 'what could have been,' while still recognizing everything I have BECAUSE I was adopted."
Claire Hudson, Project Dawn
#ProjectDawn #Adoption #Trauma #AFFCNY #AFFCNYNetwork
From our AFFCNY family to yours...Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. We wish you peace, good health, happiness and prosperity in the coming year.
Remember: it’s not about the presents; it’s about your presence.
#Christmas #Family #Holiday #Peace #AFFCNY #AFFCNYNetwork
"As a foster or an adoptive parent, it’s your responsibility to fill in all the gaps and missing pieces of the histories of the children you care for. you MUST Hold their true, full story until they are old enough to carry it." – Alisa Matheson
#Adoption #fostercare #AFFCNY
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