Annual Giving
Your Contribution Will Help Change Lives
Your tax-deductible donation will help The Center for Adoption Support and Education make a difference in the life of a child.
As one of the few pre- and post-adoption family support centers
in the country, we have counseled over 3,000
children and families on issues related to adoption
adjustment, unresolved
grief and loss, trauma and complex psychiatric diagnosis .
We have been awarded the 2005
Adoption Excellence Award by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services and selected as one of the Angels in Adoption TM by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute in 2007 and 2005.
Our families receive an
exceptional level of understanding and service ,
regardless of their financial abilities. Grants and other supports only cover 25% of our annual operating costs.
As you would expect, we struggle to meet the number
of service requests we receive. Our continued success
depends upon greater support from our community. Click here to
be redirected to our secure donation page at Guidestar.org .
C.A.S.E.
is a unique non-profit adoptive family support center
dedicated to helping children from a variety of foster
care and adoptive background receive the understanding
and support the need to grow into successful, productive
adults.
Honoring the Giver with our “Tree
of Giving”
We chose the tree as our logo to acknowledge that, for our families, one family establishes the roots, while another grows the branches strong. Similarly, our strength grows as a result of the generous contributions of individuals like you. Since 2005, we have been proud to honor the giver by engraving their names on a beautiful metallic leaves that are added to our colorful tree, displayed in our lobby.
Give the gift that last a lifetime: a gift from your family,
memorialize a loved on, honor a friend.
Levels of Giving
$100 - Green leaf
$250 - Bronze leaf
$500 - Silver leaf
$1,000 - Gold leaf
If your donation exceeds $100, please fill
out this form.
Remember, you
may give in other ways as well .
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Early experiences
often traumatic
Over 49,000 children were adopted from foster care this year;
119,000 are still waiting. Almost 23,000 children were adopted
from international orphanages.
These children’s early
experiences are often traumatic and can include:
- Sexual, emotional, physical abuse; neglect or
abandonment
- Care giving adults who have been drug or alcohol
addicted or mentally ill, unable to care for themselves,
let alone children
- Witnessing violence, even murder against a loved
one; death of a caregiver
- Multiple caregivers and moves both prior to and
subsequent to placement in foster care.
Adults expect children to move into adoptive placements
smoothly, easily settling into new lives…
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Challenges
they face
Early trauma can be devastating to the healthy and successful development of
a child.
It can:
- Impair their ability to bond and attach to their
adoptive family
- Overwhelm them with feelings of loss and grief
- Create developmental issues as well as social-emotional
challenges
- Interfere with their ability to learn & make
it difficult to relate to others
When love is not enough
Early trauma can impair or cripple a child's ability to trust
and bond with their adoptive family. Children who suffer such
traumatic beginnings, and their adoptive families, need the
support and guidance of adoption competent specialists. Even
experienced and loving parents may struggle to help their
children heal.
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What we are doing :
Early intervention and support is key to achieve success
for these adoptive families. Our experience validates the
need for adoption-centered therapeutic specialists. A large
percentage of the children we see at CASE have a history of
abuse and neglect. Nationally recognized for our contributions
and expertise in adoption issues, our award winning adoption-competent
staff understands the challenges these children face everyday.
Research supports the value of early intervention and specialized
support services for adoptive families. Without expert support,
the outcomes are less successful. Children who have been traumatized,
continue to struggle. At C .A .S .E. we use a proven adoption-centered
therapeutic approach for individual and family counseling.
Our programs are designed to:
- meet the challenging, complex needs of children
with early trauma
- promote strong, healthy attachments for adopted
children
- increase the stability of adoptive families as
children move into permanent homes
- educate parents, professionals and the community
about the unique joys and challenges in adoption
- share our expertise and knowledge by training
professionals
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