How Do I Adopt?

Applicants must participate in the Ontario Parent Resources for Information, Development, and Education pre-service training program known as PRIDE. This training is 30 hours - 10 sessions of 3 hours each. During the pre-service training process, your worker will meet with you several times and you will be required to complete out of session assignment referred to as Connection assignments. The documentation and discussion that result will be used by the Adoption Worker to develop the Structured Analysis Family Evaluation, or SAFE, home study

Upon completion of PRIDE and the SAFE home study you and the agency will decide if adoption is the right choice for your family. If your family is recognized as an approved adoptive home, the information that you have shared during the training and home study process will assist your worker in the selection of a child for your family.

When a family has been matched with a child, a pre-placement visiting plan is developed to assist in the transition to your home. During the early stages of your child’s life with you, the agency will continue to visit and communicate with you. This probation stage allows parents to access support from the agency and the agency to assess suitability of the home and is a minimum of six months.

The final step in the adoption process is the legal finalization of the adoption in court. You may choose to have a lawyer assist you with the finalization documents and your Adoption Worker is also required to complete and file documents with the Ministry of Children and Youth and the court. The Adoption Order permanently transfers all parental rights and responsibilities to you. However, you may have an Openness agreement or Openness order that reflects the unique relationships between the adoptive family and the birth family.

Thank You United Way of KFLA for helping us provide a summer of wonderful childhood memories through our Kool Kamp!

Recently our agency was fortunate to receive a United Way of KFLA One-Time Priority Needs grant to assist with the cost of our Kool Kamp which runs for seven weeks each summer. Kool Kamp provides a safe opportunity for respite for children and families who often struggle with physical limitations, lack of transportation or financial constraints which would normally prevent these children from attending day camp.

Thank You Napanee District Community Foundation!

Thanks to the Napanee District Community Foundation for their generous support, once again in 2010. In 2009, We received a grant to assist with a Positive Parenting Program which has proven beneficial to many families over the past year. For 2010, we were recipients of a $1000 grant to support the beginning of an Adoption Support Program, with the goal of ensuring lasting family relationships for adoptive families through education and support.

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Thank You! Ontario Trillium Foundation

Many thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for providing a $75,000 grant enabling the construction of a fully accessible play structure for our new facility. This play structure will accommodate children of all ages and abilities and encourages active play through the use of a puppet theatre, a play road way complete with traffic signs and many other opportunities for learning and playing together.

We would like to thank the many individuals and businesses who helped support the first annual Angel Dance, a benefit in memory of the late Steacy Fralick. The dance took place on March 13th at Selby Hall and included a silent auction and entertainment by Mojo Shooter and Shurtliffe DJ Services. More than $3400 was raised and donated to Lennox and Addington Family and Children’s Services to help support children and youth in our community.

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