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ADOPTION COUNSELORS

Explore Adoption Materials

Click the links below to download the Explore Adoption materials.

Brochure: English
Brochure: Spanish
Handout: Adopting a Teenager
Handout: Brothers and Sisters
Handout: Children with Disabilities & Medical Conditions
Handout: Partnerships
Handout: Faith-based Partnership

Frequently Asked Questions

Needs Assessment (2008)
Needs Assessment Matrices (2008)
Summary of Survey (2008)
Full Survey Findings (2008)

Other Materials

Strengthening Families and Communities 2011 Resource Guide

Pinwheels Prevention 2011 Parent Resource Booklet (English | Spanish)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Resources about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)

Explore Adoption Videos

Title:	English:	Espanol:
Empty Nest	Video Text	Video Text
New Dad	Video Text
New Mom	Video Text
Special Needs	Video Text	Video Text

Explore Adoption Radio Announcements

Title:	English:	Espanol:
A Kid Like Me	Audio Text	Audio Text
Stay Together	Audio Text	Audio Text
Too Old	Audio Text	Audio Text
Too Quiet	Audio Text	Audio Text

Targeted Recruitment for Adoption Recruiters

Central Region

Targeted Recruitment Resource Guide: Central
Six-Step Recruitment Activity Design Worksheet: Central

Northeast Region

Targeted Recruitment Resource Guide: Northeast
Six-Step Recruitment Activity Design Worksheet: Northeast

Northwest Region

Targeted Recruitment Resource Guide: Northwest
Six-Step Recruitment Activity Design Worksheet: Northwest

Southeast Region

Targeted Recruitment Resource Guide: Southeast
Six-Step Recruitment Activity Design Worksheet: Southeast

Southern Region

Targeted Recruitment Resource Guide: Southern
Six-Step Recruitment Activity Design Worksheet: Southern

SunCoast Region

Targeted Recruitment Resource Guide: SunCoast
Six-Step Recruitment Activity Design Worksheet: SunCoast

RECENT NEWS

TALLAHASSEE - More Than 100 People Join DCF to Commemorate Black History Month, Recognize 15 Local Leaders. Actor Ken Bevel speaks about importance of maintaining African American families'.
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CLEARWATER - When Deborah Polston first considered adoption, she wasn't bargaining on her family doubling in size. The Tallahassee woman and her husband, Florida Supreme Court Justice Ricky Polston, had discussed adopting one - maybe, two - children. Read more >>

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29 Days of Amazing
African American Children

In celebration of Black History month, Florida is presenting 29 Days of Amazing African American Children: Explore Adoption! Featuring an African American child, teenager or sibling group available for adoption every day in February. We will be showcasing a combination of videos, photos, and biographies highlighting these wonderful children, as well as,featuring African American adoptive parents under the "Family Stories" who became adoptive parents to one or more foster children this past year. Read more >>