More than 26,000 preteens (children ages 8 – 12) are available for adoption from the U.S. foster care system, according to the Administration for Children and Families Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Report System (AFCARS). To promote the adoption of preteens from the U.S. foster care system, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF), AdoptUSKids (AUSK) and the Ad Council today unveiled a new series of national public service advertisements (PSAs). Created pro bono by kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners (kbs+p) and Revolución, the PSAs will be distributed this week as part of National Adoption Month.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/52724-ad-council-adoptuskids-hhs-preteens-for-adoption-from-foster-care
To promote the adoption of teenagers from foster care, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), AdoptUSKids and the Ad Council are unveiling a new series of multimedia public service advertisements (PSAs). Today, more than 33,000 teenagers await adoption from the U.S. foster care system. Nearly 50 percent (14,000) are between the ages of 14 and 16.
These new PSAs are part of the Adoption from Foster Care campaign launched in 2004. Since the launch of the campaign more than 15,000 children have been placed with a permanent family.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/58394-ad-council-adoption-psas-raise-awareness-of-teenagers-in-us-foster-care
ANIMAL ATTRACTION is a special romance anthology where all author and agent proceeds go to the no-kill shelter, the Animal Adoption Foundation, www.AAFPets.com The novella by Lori Foster is a continuation of the popular BUCKHORN series, featuring Shohn Hudson. Learn more at http://lorifoster.com/bookshelf/animal-attraction/ Romance
Today, the award-winning Adoption from Foster Care campaign from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, AdoptUSKids and the Ad Council unveiled a new series of public service advertisements (PSAs) that aim to encourage the adoption of older youth from foster care.
Of the 415,000 children in the U.S. foster care system, 108,000 children under the age of 18 are currently waiting for adoptive families, according to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS). Since the AdoptUSKids project began in 2002, 25,000 children who were once photo listed on adoptuskids.org are now with their adoptive families and nearly 38,000 families have registered to adopt through AdoptUSKids. 41 percent of the approximately 5,360 youth listed on the website are aged between 15 and 18 years old.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7673451-ad-council-national-adoption-campaign/
Cepsa Tower, the company's new corporate headquarters that houses almost 2,000 people, is Spain's second tallest building and represents the materialization of Cepsa's growth and internationalization strategy of in recent years, following the entry of International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), as sole shareholder.
The headquarters, designed by the architect Norman Foster, reflects the transformation of Cepsa's business model to focus on an increasingly international market. Its height, at 248 metres, provides a unique view of Madrid from its upper floors, taking in some of the city's most emblematic locations such as the Paseo de la Castellana, the Parque del Retiro and the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
Cepsa today operates an integrated business model spanning the entire hydrocarbon value chain. This integration allows the company to act with greater flexibility and the ability to respond quickly as a business.
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/uk/7703451-cepsa-new-headquarters-new-company/
Cepsa Tower, the company's new corporate headquarters that houses almost 2,000 people, is Spain's second tallest building and represents the materialization of Cepsa's growth and internationalization strategy of in recent years, following the entry of International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), as sole shareholder.
The headquarters, designed by the architect Norman Foster, reflects the transformation of Cepsa's business model to focus on an increasingly international market. Its height, at 248 metres, provides a unique view of Madrid from its upper floors, taking in some of the city's most emblematic locations such as the Paseo de la Castellana, the Parque del Retiro and the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
Cepsa today operates an integrated business model spanning the entire hydrocarbon value chain. This integration allows the company to act with greater flexibility and the ability to respond quickly as a business.
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/uk/7703451-cepsa-new-headquarters-new-company/
Today, the Ad Council in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, AdoptUSKids, and KBS launched new public service advertisements (PSAs) for the award-winning Adoption from Foster Care campaign. The new television and radio PSAs encourage the adoption of older youth from foster care.
Of the 428,000 youth under the age of 18 in the U.S. foster care system, 112,000 are currently waiting for adoptive families, according to the most recent Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data. Since the project’s launch in 2002, more than 26,000 children who were once photo listed on the AdoptUSKids website have been placed with permanent families. However, older youth and teens have lower adoption rates than younger children, and they often wait longer to be adopted. Currently, of the 5,560 youth photo-listed on the website as available for adoption, 43% are between the ages of 15 and 18 years old.
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7979251-ad-council-adoptuskids-adopt-from-foster-care/
The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable young woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past. Learn about the book here, http://bit.ly/pCAU8a Learn about this author here, www.VanessaDiffenbaugh.com Fiction
A twisted honeymoon road trip about a young couple on their way to Niagara Falls. Silias Parker (Franco) is a moody petty-thief. He marries his parole officer's niece, believing that he can use the romantic honeymoon to escape to Canada. Camille Foster (Miller) is the sweetest girl you can ever hope to meet. She truly believes that Niagara Falls will change Silas for the better and won't let anything stop the honeymoon, not even her death.
Finally free to pursue her dreams, Laura Foster is trying hard not to fall in love. She knows that the reputation of Reverend Brand McCormick would be shattered if her former life were discovered. But it is not only Laura’s history that threatens to bring Brand down, it is his own.
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