• Donated thousands of dollars to families who were in the final stages of adopting a child. 

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• Helped numerous families finalize adoptions via advocacy, support and navigating systems.

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• Collaborated with individuals, professionals and policymakers to change laws that :

  • ​Reduce adoption fraud

  • Allow non-profit adoption agencies to serve as Safe Haven locations

  • Provide adults who were adopted in Iowa to receive their original birth certificate

  • Make all types of adoptions in Iowa easier for all involved.

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• Created and disseminated educational materials to:

  • ​Increase the number of children who are adopted from foster care.

  • Educate birth family members about the option of adoption.

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• Raised awareness of adoption and foster care through presentations, radio outlets, newspapers, TV segments, events and social media. 
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• Promoted equality for parental leave in the workplace and supported companies that provide adoptive parents the same leave as birth parents.
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• Hosted various adoption-related events such as The Gingerbread Run/Walk for Adoption & Iowans for Adoption Gala. 

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• ​Held educational adoption presentations at conferences across Iowa.

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• Covered registration fees and provided shirts for hundreds of children in foster care, so that they could participate in statewide events.