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Winner of the prestigious 2003 Congressional Angels in Adoption™ award.

Many thanks to Senator Herb Kohl for selecting Mark and Faith Richter KuFahl for this award received in Washington, D.C. on September 30, 2003 given by the Congresssional Coalition on Adoption Institute in the Ronald Reagan Building/International Trade Center. See also www.ccainstitute.org and go to 2003 Angels in Adoption™ Award and www.chsm.com and go to CHSFS Adoptive Parents Received National Adoption Award

Please join us in participating in fellow Angels in Adoption™ award winner from Oklahoma, Amy Eldridge's Orphan Relief Fund
http://www.angelcovers.org/handsofhope.html

Children's Home Society of Minnesota has provided leadership and excellence in child care, adoption, and child abuse prevention.
Children's Home Society of Minnesota welcomes you to join their 650 families per year who adopt internationally from 10-15 different countries. They've been helping build families through adoption since 1889 and have placed over 21,000 children throughout the United States. CHSM donates funds, goods, and services to projects in Vietnam, Russia, Romania, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, India, China and Korea. For more information see www.chsm.com (go to Donors & Volunteers and then go to International Child Welfare) . Contact Mary Kay Fitzgerald or Danling Cai at 1-800-952-9302.

Winner of the prestigious Congressional award, "Angels in Adoption" in 2000, Small World Adoption Foundation of Missouri, Inc. / Bricks of Hope endeavors to enrich the lives of as many orphans as can be reached either by providing the orphans with adoptive parents or by providing significant relief to orphanges of Eastern Europe. The foundation improves the lives of orphans in Russia, Belarus, and the Ukraine. Since May of 1993, Small World Adoption Foundation has found homes in the U.S. for nearly 1000 orphans. For more information see www.swaf.com. Contact Marney Koblenz at 636-207-9229 , email: marney@swaf.com

Watch for the Charlies’ Angels Public Service Announcement produced, funded, and distributed by National Spokesman on Foster Care and Adoption, Bruce Willis. The Adoption Exchange Association registers children on the AdoptUSKids website (www.adoptuskids.org) cited on the Public Service Announcement and can be reached at 1-866-USA-0660.

Smithsonian National Museum of American History, “ Korean Adoption: An American Family Story” September 30- December 10, 2003. The exhibit chronicles Korean War orphans and the international adoption movement that followed. It is in the same building where the original Star Spangled Banner is being refurbished. For a copy of the press release on this display, call Rhett Skelton 202/357-3129, Office of Public Affairs, Smithsonian National Museum of American History. See also Holt International www.holtinternational.com.

Child Citizenship Act.

http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/backgrounds/cbground.htm

How to obtain a U.S. Passport.

http://travel.state.gov/passport_services.html

How to obtain a certificate of citizenship through INS/Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/formsfee/index.htm#update

The Joint Council on International Children's Services also has information on how to obtain a Certificate of U.S. Citizenship for your child from INS/Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services:

http://www.jcics.org/CIS.htm

information from the Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S Department of State

Call 202-647-4000 for statistics on orphan visas issued.

www.travel.state.gov/orphan_numbers.html

U.S. Department of State (SARS)

travel.state.gov/sars_announce.html

Social Security office (Social Security Card information)

www.ssa.gov/kids/parent2.htm

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute

Kerry Marks Hasenbalg

703/288-9700

www.ccainstitute.org

6723 Whittier Avenue

Suite 306

McLean, Virginia 22101

The CCAI is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to raising congressional and public awareness about the tens of thousands of foster children in this country and the millions of orphans around the world in need of permanent, safe, and loving homes; and to eliminating the barriers that hinder these children form realizing their need of a family. Each year, CCAI invites all members of the United States Congress to participate in the Angels in Adoption ™ program as it is a unique opportunity for federal legislators to recongnize individuals from their home states that have improved the lives of children through adoption.

The Purpose of Re-adopting in the USA

www.jcics.org/readopt.html

North American Council on Adoptable Children

651/644-6036

info@NACAC.org

970 Raymond Avenue, Suite 106

St. Paul, Minnesota 55114-1149

International Concerns for Children

Call 303-494-8333 for international statistics on orphans.

International Adoption Clinic - University of Minnesota

• Post-Arrival Medical and developmental screening
• Pre-adoptive health reviews
• Available for consultation while abroad

www.peds.umn.edu/iac

IAC@umn.edu

612.624.1164