"The effects of sexual abuse are different for each child but can include advanced knowledge of sex, difficulty in school, nightmares and even criminal activity." ~Sue Wasiniak, Supervisor, Licking County Childrens Services U.S. Congress on Adoption
Congress turns deaf ear to parents and families
in favor of chasing federal adoption funding.
I went to the mailbox and saw a letter from the U.S. Senate. The thoughts
that ran through my mind made me anxious to open it. Maybe I had gotten
to someone who would listen and help us or maybe it would be just another
calous response indifferent to our plight.
I walked in and opened it before showing it to my wife. She has been through
so many dissapointments and I didn't want to get her excited until I read it
first. She was in the other room talking long distance to her mother as they
do daily now given our situation. I started to read yet another dissapointing
letter.
Dear Fred Dinwiddie,
Thank you for contacting me regarding S. 3038, the Improved Adoptions Incentives and Relative Guardianship Act of 2008,
introduced by Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) on May 20, 2008. I appreciate
your thoughful inquiry.
If passed and signed into law, this legislation would amend the
Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Title of the Social
Security Act to:
- Extend the adoption incentive programs through the fiscal year 2012.
- Increase the incentive payment to a state for exceeding the highest ever foster care adoption rate.
- Increase incentive payments for special needs adoptions and older child adoptions.
- Give states the option to provide for relative guardianship assistance payments for children.
The bill has been referred to the Senate Finance Commitee for initial consideration.
While I am not a member of the Senate Finance Commitee, please be assured that should
this legislation come before the full Senate, I will certainly keep your views in mind.
In related matters, I am a proud cosponsor of S.561, the
Adoption Tax Relief Act of 2007 introduced by Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY). If passed and
signed into law, S.561 would repeal the sunset provision of the Economic Growth and Tax
Reconciliation Act with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption
assistance programs. This bill has been referred to the Senate Finance Committee and
futher action is pending.
I am a strong advocate of adoption and have previously cosponsored legislation to
provide tax incentives to encourage adoption. I have worked and will
continue to support economic policies that help families bear the financial responsibilities
inherent to raising children. In addition, I am a member of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.
This Coalition is in an alliance of over 100 members of congress who are committed
to improving adoption policies and services.
~John Warner
Editor Note: Ever wonder why no one at the U.S. Senate or U. S. House
is listening to parents pleading for assistance? The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Caucus
membership is composed of 213 Senators and Representatives, representing 47 of the 50 states.
What does this letter tell me? It tells me that this guy does not care about my views.
It tells me he is going to keep being an advocate for the stealing and trafficking of
children. It tells me that he is proud of it! It tells me that there are alot of other
snakes under rocks in Congress!
The key word is incentives. Everything in the letter is self serving
for the state of Virginia and other states. Where are the incentives to keep children
in their homes with their natural parents? Why hasn't a Senator introduced such a bill?
I was once again disheartened by what I was reading and left to wonder when we as a
collective group of Americans would rise up and demand our children back along with our
inherent rights that we were born to have in a free democracy.
Contact your U.S. Senator
Contact your U.S. House Representative
Write or call (Toll Free 1-888-686-8191) your representative and tell
them children need and have a right to be raised by their own parents.
Adoption incentive are not working, they are harming children and families. If they don't
work to put an end to this practice you will vote and campaign to put someone else in
their seat who will protect and defend the rights of parents and children to be a family.
Urge your Senator to vote NO on S. 3038
The Adoption Incentive Program.
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