Adoption
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D.C. family services agency to disband adoption program
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The District Child and Family Services Agency is disbanding a program that helps move children from foster care to adoption, guardianship or reunification with their families.
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McLean family handles adopted daughter's cancer diagnosis
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Roughly 1,000 children were adopted from Russia last year. For one McLean family, the process has brought unexpected joys and challenges.
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Mobile animal adoption center hits the road (video)
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The Washington Humane Society is taking animal adoptions on the road with its new Mobile Adoption Center.
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Can a dog like Buster find a home?
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The Daschund beagle mix is paralyzed from the middle of his back to his hind legs, which do not function.
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Contemporary Family Services, Maryland no longer partners
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Maryland is ending its partnership with the state's second-largest foster-care provider, citing both problems and poor performance.
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Virginia gay adoption discrimination bill passes committee, heads to Senate
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With little debate, a Virginia Senate committee has endorsed a House-passed bill allowing private child placement agencies to deny adoptions for gays or others who offend their religious or moral teaching.
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Reps. Gerry Connolly, Jim Moran seek to stop Va. Senate's adoption bill
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The bill passed by the Va. Senate would allow private adoption agencies in Virginia to block prospective parents for religious, moral -- or political reasons. The House is expected to approve and Gov. McDonnell plans to sign it.
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Virginia passes legislation allowing gay adoption discrimination
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The Virginia Senate on Thursday passed legislation allowing private adoption agencies to deny placements that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, including opposition to homosexuality.
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Virginia House passes gay adoption bill
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Republican Del. Todd Gilbert of Woodstock says his bill allowing private adoption agencies to deny placements to homosexuals protects religious freedom.
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Child placement to gay couples may be forbidden in Va.
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A House of Delegates committee has advanced a bill that would allow private, faith-based child placement agencies to discriminate against prospective parents based on their sexual orientation.
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D.C. family celebrates National Adoption Day
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One D.C. family is planning to add two more adopted children to their family in a special ceremony set for Saturday’s National Adoption Day.
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Cats taken from Severna Park animal rescue center up for adoption
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Animal Control has placed 20 of the cats rescued from the Cool Cats Rescue Center in Severna Park up for adoption.
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Should same-sex couples in Virginia be allowed to adopt?
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A new public comment period has begun on whether Virginia should allow state-licensed groups to reject prospective adoptive and foster parents because of their sexual orientation.
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Va. board reconsiders gay adoption
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Virginia's Board of Social Services is to decide whether to reconsider its decision to adopt new regulations that would allow state-licensed groups to discriminate against prospective adoptive and foster parents based on their sexual orientation.
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