Wednesday, February 17, 2016

The organisation will be working for families and children under the intercountry adoption process

Children from Poland and Latvia in need of permanent homes would now benefit from the new intercountry adoption programmes of the Australian government. The government announced that it will be providing appropriate families for children who can’t find adopting homes within the two European countries.
Establishing the adoption programmes, the government will be funding the not-for-profit organisation LifeWorks Relationship Counselling and Education Services with $3.5 million for four years for its family support services. The organisation will be working for families and children under the intercountry adoption process.
Minister for Social Services Christian Porter said that Poland and Latvia already have a strong commitment to help children in need to find families in their borders. The collaboration aims to provide services for older children, those with medical needs and sibling groups.
"We are delighted to be extending our expertise to supporting and assisting families through the intercountry adoption process and beyond,” said LifeWorks CEO Janet Jukes. “The programme model will focus on issues of family formation and family stress, providing tools and supports that result in the effective establishment of a strong, positive and healthy family unit."
The government and LifeWorks will work with the International Social Service, or ISS, Australia to provide the intercountry adoption services. The ISS will provide specialist services for adopting parents when taking their child to Australia from other countries and will also assist families with relationship counselling and parenting support services.
To date, the government is aiming to establish more intercountry adoption programmes with other countries. Porter said that there will be a discussion between the government and Bulgaria about a possible new programme within the current week. Officials are also pushing for a talk with Vietnam for a potential programme.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection have also deployed officers to overseas locations, including China, South Korea, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Thailand and Chile, to establish the intercountry adoption reforms.
The officers will work to guide adoptive parents to access in-country support services and help adopting families to process visas and other citizenship matters.
 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/australia-opens-new-intercountry-adoption-programmes-poland-latvia-1481952

No comments:

Post a Comment