CASE: Annual Giving Campaign 2006

Annual Giving

Your Contribution Will Help Change Lives

We have begun our 2006 Annual Giving Drive . Please give. Your tax-deductible donation today will help us make a difference in the life of a child.

As one of the few pre and post-adoption centers in the country, we have counseled over 3,000 children and families on issues related to adoption adjustment, unresolved grief and loss, trauma and complex psychiatric diagnosis . We have been awarded the 2005 Adoption Excellence Award by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and were selected as one of the Angels in Adoption TM by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute in 2005.

Our families receive an exceptional level of understanding and service , regardless of their financial abilities . We depend on additional funding and grants since counseling fees only cover 25% of our annual operating costs .

As you would expect, we struggle to meet the number of service requests we receive. Our continued success depends upon greater support from our community..Donate now Securely

C.A.S.E. is a unique non-profit adoptive family support center dedicated to helping children from a variety of foster care and adoptive background receive the understanding and support the need to grow into successful, productive adults.

Honoring the Giver with our “Tree of Giving”

We chose the tree as our logo because of its symbol in adoption: each child grows strong because one family establishes the roots and one family grows the branches . Our “Tree of Giving” symbolizes that our strength grows from the contributions of individuals like you. Beginning with our 2005 Giving Campaign, we honor the giver by engraving your name on a leaf in recognition of your contribution to our growth.

Give the gift that last a lifetime: a gift from your family, memorialize a loved on, honor a friend.

Levels of Giving
$100 - Green leaf
$250 - Bronze leaf
$500 - Silver leaf
$1,000 - Gold leaf

If your donation exceeds $100, please fill out this form. Remember, you may give in other ways as well .

Early experiences often traumatic

Over 49,000 children were adopted from foster care this year; 119,000 are still waiting. Almost 23,000 children were adopted from international orphanages. These children’s early experiences are often traumatic and can include:

Sexual, emotional, physical abuse; neglect or abandonment
Care giving adults who have been drug or alcohol addicted or mentally ill, unable to care for themselves, let alone children
Witnessing violence, even murder against a loved one; death of a caregiver
Multiple caregivers and moves both prior to and subsequent to placement in foster care.

Adults expect children to move into adoptive placements smoothly, easily settling into new lives…

Challenges they face
Early trauma can be devastating to the healthy and successful development of a child.

It can:

Impair their ability to bond and attach to their adoptive family
Overwhelm them with feelings of loss and grief
Create developmental issues as well as social-emotional challenges
Interfere with their ability to learn & make it difficult to relate to others

When love is not enough

Early trauma can impair or cripple a child's ability to trust and bond with their adoptive family. Children who suffer such traumatic beginnings, and their adoptive families, need the support and guidance of adoption competent specialists. Even experienced and loving parents may struggle to help their children heal.

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What we are doing :

Early intervention and support is key to achieve success for these adoptive families. Our experience validates the need for adoption-centered therapeutic specialists. A large percentage of the children we see at CASE have a history of abuse and neglect. Nationally recognized for our contributions and expertise in adoption issues, our award winning adoption-competent staff understands the challenges these children face everyday.

Research supports the value of early intervention and specialized support services for adoptive families. Without expert support, the outcomes are less successful. Children who have been traumatized, continue to struggle. At C .A .S .E. we use a proven adoption-centered therapeutic approach for individual and family counseling.

Our programs are designed to:

meet the challenging, complex needs of children with early trauma
promote strong, healthy attachments for adopted children
increase the stability of adoptive families as children move into permanent homes
educate parents, professionals and the community about the unique joys and challenges in adoption
share our expertise and knowledge by training professionals

Our Accomplishments

To date in 2006, we have:

completed over 2,390 counseling sessions
educated more than 738 parents in workshops on a variety of adoption topics
trained more than 2,241 professionals including child welfare workers, school personnel, judges and pediatrician, about adoption-related issues and how they impact children and families