Changes to the tax regulations also help families who adopt a child, by expanding the tax break for employer-provided adoption assistance.

There are also a Sponsorship Program ensuring scholarships and vocational training, and international adoption assistance for children in need.

Federal expenditures for foster care and adoption assistance were approximately $6.5 billion.

Mr. Packwood said he had not decided whether to recommend a block grant for foster care and adoption assistance.

His company sponsors the Fund's projects, among which are social adaptation programs for orphans and the handicapped, as well as adoption assistance.

Think of your adoption assistance as simply an equitable alternative for employees who choose adoption.

Because the archdiocese expects a variety of callers, each priest will be ready with referrals for everything from adoption assistance to homelessness to drug treatment.

Likewise, she objects to the idea of a block grant for child protection services, including foster care and adoption assistance.

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For instance, therapeutic foster homes, community-based care and adoption assistance made possible through Federal support has provided thousands of children with a second chance at life.