Improved and Extended Adoption Tax Credit Helps Defray Adoption Costs

The federal government offers a tax credit on your yearly income tax for costs incurred as part of an adoption. The Adoption Tax Credit has also been improved and extended until Dec. 2011, and is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2010. The credit applies to any domestic or international adoption. It also applies to children with special needs, as well as children who don’t have special needs.

Advocates for kids fear DCS relapse

Critics of the state's troubled foster care system say it has shown improvement under Gov. Phil Bredesen, but they worry a new administration could cause the agency to lose its way along the path to reform.

TV show-style race to aid 'Bethany Kids'

An event based on The Amazing Race, a CBS reality show, has been organized to benefit Bethany Christian Services’ foster care and older children adoption programs. The Amazing Race for Bethany Kids will be held Saturday, Aug. 28, and Lisa Niergarth of read more

The Milky Way

Laura Malone believes breastfeeding is the best possible way to nourish her baby. Malone, who is in her early 40s and lives in New Haven, recently adopted a 2-month-old girl, and believed it was crucial that Kyan receive the nutrients human milk is believed to contain.

Leigh Blake: Confessions of a Prize Fighter

Recently someone asked me what I would ask for if I could have anything. I couldn't think of an answer. That is how little material things factor into my decisions these days.