National Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month

Nineteen years ago this month Adoption Option Inc. became licensed to provide child welfare services to help children in need. During our early years, we initially provided adoption services only. A few years later, we added foster care and foster home licensing services. Subsequently, we added Youth Services and Family Preservation Programs. Later, we began offering Family Team Meeting (FTM) services. As a result of the expanded types of services we now provide, we commonly describe our organization as Adoption Option Inc – Child Welfare Organization (AOICWO) to reflect our entire service array.

We are grateful for the many donors who made it possible for our staff to serve, collectively in 2022, more than 1,000 people. Each month we highlight how we serve children and their families in a different program. We hope you enjoy reading this issue about our FTM services and more. We are rapidly approaching our community’s annual Give Local Midland Campaign on May 2, 2023. If you choose to help non-profits on that day, we hope you will include the children we serve.

For your convenience, below is the link that will take you directly to our page: https://www.givelocalmidland.org/organizations/adoption-option-inc

Gratefully,

Adoption Option, Inc. turns 19 this month.

To celebrate our anniversary, we are featuring the last 12 months of I Make A Difference Moments (IMADM). This is just a sampling of the impact we have in our community and in the lives of local children and families.

Click the thumbnails below to read the posts or go to AOI Website to access all IMADM.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and throughout the year, Adoption Option, Inc. encourages all individuals and organizations to play a role in making our community a better place for children and families.

By ensuring that parents have the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to care for their children, we can help promote the social and emotional well-being of children and youth and prevent child maltreatment within families and communities.

Identifying protective factors helps parents find resources, supports, or coping strategies that allow them to parent effectively—even under stress. Protective factors are conditions or attributes that, when present in families and communities, increase the well-being of children and families and reduce the likelihood of maltreatment. There are six protective factors:

Nurturing and attachment
Knowledge of parenting and child and youth development
Parental resilience
Social connections
Concrete supports for parents
Social and emotional competence of children

Adoption Option, Inc, continues to deliver multiple programs that educate and partner with families to prevent maltreatment. For more information about child abuse prevention programs and activities during the month of April, and throughout the year, contact info@aoicw.org.