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IRS Adoption Tax Credit

Last updated: March 17, 2024
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Issues: Adoption — Private & International

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OCR – Foster Youth Bill of Rights

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Last Updated: May 5, 2025

Colorado Office of The Child's Representative - Foster Youth Bill of Rights

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Issue: Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Therapeutic Foster Care, Treatment Foster Care, Residential Child Care Facility, Child Placing Agency — Adoption, Specialized Group Facility, Adoption — Private & International, Contracts Administration, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility, Performance Management & Outcomes, — — Qualified Residential Treatment Program, — — Child Placing Agency — Foster Care

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers, General Public

Center for Excellence In Adoption Services (CEAS)

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Last Updated: Apr 15, 2024

The Center for Excellence in Adoption Services is a nonprofit organization working with the adoption community to achieve better outcomes for children, adults, families, and communities involved in adoption.

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Issue: Child Placing Agency — Adoption, Private Domestic Adoption

Audience: Service Providers, General Public

Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance Entity (IAAME)

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Last Updated: Apr 15, 2024

IAAME is designated as an accrediting entity to accredit or approve adoption service providers to provide intercountry adoption services.

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Issue: Child Placing Agency — Adoption, Intercountry Adoption

CDHS Adoption Information website

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Last Updated: Mar 20, 2024

The Colorado Department of Human Services’ goal is to keep children and youth with their birth families. However, there are certain situations in which that is not possible or in the best interest of the child or youth. In those situations, we seek adoptive families for children and youth in…

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Issue: Adoption — Private & International

Audience: Service Providers, General Public

Children’s Hospital Colorado – International Adoption Clinic

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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2024

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Issue: Adoption — Private & International

Audience: Service Providers, General Public

Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development

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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2024

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Issue: Adoption — Private & International

Audience: Service Providers, General Public

Families Rising

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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2024

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Issue: Adoption — Private & International

Audience: Service Providers, General Public

National Council for Adoption

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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2024

Issue: Adoption — Private & International

Audience: Service Providers, General Public

U.S. Department of State – Intercountry Adoption Information

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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2024

Information published by the U.S. Department of State covering many different aspects of intercountry adoption, including federal legislation, country information, and overall process.

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Issue: Adoption — Private & International, Intercountry Adoption

Audience: Service Providers, General Public

Intercountry Adoption Service Provider (Agency) Directory

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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2024

A complete list of accredited/approved Adoption Service Providers (Agencies) and the countries in which they work

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Issue: Adoption — Private & International, Intercountry Adoption

Audience: Service Providers, General Public

List of Adoption-Focused CPAs

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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2024

As Colorado is an “agency state,” all adoptive applicants must work with a licensed CPA for home study, pre-adoption education, and post placement services. While there are numerous CPAs in Colorado that provide these necessary services to both adoptive applicants and birth/biological parents, a family seeking to grow through private…

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Issue: Adoption — Private & International, Private Domestic Adoption

Audience: Service Providers, General Public

Relinquishment Procedures Information Memo

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Last Updated: Jan 4, 2024

The purpose of this memorandum from the Division of Child Welfare (DCW) is to provide information to counties and vested partners regarding Relinquishment Counseling in Colorado.

Resource Type: Memo

Issue: Adoption — Private & International, Relinquishment Counseling

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers