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A pile of tax reform buttons. Please contact your representatives today to save the adoption tax credit.

Adoption Tax Credit is at Risk: Contact Your Representative Today

November 3, 2017 by Staff Contributor

Please tell your member of Congress TODAY what this tax credit means to you The U.S. House released details about their tax plan that will eliminate the Adoption Tax Credit.

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Filed Under: Adoption Legislation

An African American couple looks over their finances as they prepare their 2016 taxes and try to figure out the Adoption Tax Credit.

Adoption Tax Credit: What You Need to Know

January 23, 2017 by Guest Contributor

Call it the eighth wonder of the adoption world, the Adoption Tax Credit has helped thousands of adoptive families recoup the costs of their adoption.  Unfortunately many families don’t take

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Filed Under: Adoption Legislation, Education & Webinars, News

Korean Adoptee Adam Casper to Be Deported

October 28, 2016 by Guest Contributor

The Adoptee Rights Campaign reported today that 40-year-old Adam Crapser, adopted from Korea when he was three years old, will be deported. In a nutshell, this is why: When Adam

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Filed Under: Adoption Legislation, International Adoption, News

An unidentifiable couple walks through the woods after the leaves have fallen.

Non-adopted Privilege

February 18, 2016 by Guest Contributor

The world uses adoption to describe, qualify, dismiss and even discriminate against adopted people. Yet many adoptive parents, and even adoptees, do not believe that this is the case. In

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Filed Under: Adoption Legislation, Adoptive Family Stories

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