How Much Does It Cost to Adopt a Child in North Carolina?

How Much Does It Cost to Adopt a Child in North Carolina?

It depends! There are six different types of adoptions in NC: Stepparent, Adult, Relative, Agency, Independent, and Foreign. To learn more about each type of adoption, read our previous post outlining the types of adoption. Generally, there is one basic fee associated...
Thank You to North Carolina’s Social Workers!

Thank You to North Carolina’s Social Workers!

March is National Social Work Month, an opportunity to celebrate the work that thousands of professional social workers do every day. Did you know that the first social work class was offered in 1898 at Columbia University? Since then, social workers have led the way...
Saturday is National Adoption Day

Saturday is National Adoption Day

November 19th is National Adoption Day Saturday, November 19th is National Adoption Day, a day to celebrate adoption from foster care and raise awareness of the 117,000 children in foster care across the country who are waiting to be adopted. Local adoption month...
Resources For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Resources For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

National Kinship Care Month September is National Kinship Care Month. Kinship care is the full-time care and nurturing of children by relatives, members of their Tribes or clans, godparents, stepparents, fictive kin, or extended family member. Some kin are related to...
August is Child Support Awareness Month

August is Child Support Awareness Month

Child support are financial payments made by the parent of a minor child for the financial benefit of that child. Child support services are available to parents, alleged fathers, non-parent caretakers, minor children, social services agencies and judicial officials....