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Guest Blog: April Is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sexual violence is a frustrating topic for many people for many reasons, but it does not need to be that way. April 2018 is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and this year’s theme is “Embrace Your Voice.” Everyone needs to take the theme to heart and understand how being supportive and forcing positive conversation about sexual

Meet Our Kids: Brian

Brian (14) is part of our child-focused recruitment program, which provides intensive social work services to find the best adoptive family for a child by exploring all facets of the child’s family, school, and friendship circles, as well as recruiting potential families from the broader community. Today in Texas, there are more than 6,000 children

Guest Blog: A Take On Child Abuse Prevention Month

April and spring are upon us, which means it’s time to focus our efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect. April was declared Child Abuse Prevention Month by Congress in 1983. The History In the 1960s, doctors observed what they referred to as ‘battered child syndrome’ where children would come into emergency rooms with new

April Is Child Abuse Prevention Month

  Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions, and at all levels of education. Across the United States, a report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. It’s the number one reason children end up in the foster care system. More than 1,000 children right here

Confessions of an Adoptee – Part Four of Four

Disclaimer: These are the confessions of an adoptee through the eyes of a private, closed infant adoption and Arms Wide employee. Arms Wide Adoption Services exclusively works with children in the Texas foster care system who have experienced abuse, neglect or abandonment and are in need of safe and nurturing forever families. If families are

Confessions of an Adoptee – Part Three of Four

Disclaimer: These are the confessions of an adoptee through the eyes of a private, closed infant adoption and Arms Wide employee. Arms Wide Adoption Services exclusively works with children in the Texas foster care system who have experienced abuse, neglect or abandonment and are in need of safe and nurturing forever families. If families are

Confessions of an Adoptee – Part Two of Four

Disclaimer: These are the confessions of an adoptee through the eyes of a private, closed infant adoption and Arms Wide employee. Arms Wide Adoption Services exclusively works with children in the Texas foster care system who have experienced abuse, neglect or abandonment and are in need of safe and nurturing forever families. If families are

Confessions of an Adoptee – Part One of Four

Disclaimer: These are the confessions of an adoptee through the eyes of a private, closed infant adoption and Arms Wide employee. Arms Wide Adoption Services exclusively works with children in the Texas foster care system who have experienced abuse, neglect or abandonment and are in need of safe and nurturing forever families. If families are

Guest Blog: 3 Misconceptions About Transracial Adoptees

While I would love to sit down and write out everything someone should know about transracial adoptees, that would take weeks and who really has time for that? Instead, I decided to discuss three of the most common misconceptions I, a transracial adoptee, come across when having conversations about adoption. Misconception 1: Being Adopted As