Though our services can, for the most part, be categorized into one of the three areas – Intervention, Prevention, Permanency – there are some programs offered by Arizona’s Children Association that fall outside this realm. Two such programs are the Life Book Program and the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program (IAATP).

 

The Life Book Program is 100% a volunteer driven, donation-funded program. It was developed to provide a tangible connection for children in the foster care system to the positive and negative parts of their personal history. In addition, the books serve to lay the foundation for the child’s belief that they can have a safe and productive future.

We have found that receiving a Life Book helps many of our children gain an awareness of who they are … and who they want to be. To learn more, click here.

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The Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program (IAATP) was developed as part of the Infant Adoption Awareness / Children’s Health Act passed by Congress in 2000. This law requires the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to develop and implement programs that train staff at federally funded health centers and clinics to provide ‘adoption as an option’ information to women in crisis pregnancies.

Arizona’s Children Association was one of four agencies in the country to be awarded a grant to develop a curriculum to meet these legislative goals. To learn more about the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program, click here.