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Mobile Crisis Services across the province received an additional $1.4M in funding to ensure that professional after hour emergency Social Services are available in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert.

Adoption

The Ministry of Social Services received confirmation of the bankruptcy of KidsLink/Imagine Adoption agency from the Ministry of Child and Youth Services in Ontario on July 16, 2009 . BDO Dunwoody has been appointed bankruptcy trustee, and is in charge of determining how best to assist families who have been impacted by this development. BDO is also responsible for ensuring the ongoing safety of the children who remain in the KidsLink/Imagine transition homes in Ethiopia.

The Ministry is currently working with federal adoption authorities, as well as with other provinces/territories, in order to gather more information in an effort to better assist families. Families will be advised of any information that is specific to their case as it is made available.

BDO Dunwoody will be posting new information and status updates on their website at http://www.bdo.ca/extranets/imagineadoption/index.cfm. Families are asked to consult the website for updated information, or to contact BDO directly for information regarding their application or file.

The Ministry acknowledges that this is a difficult time for the families who have been impacted and will assist in any way possible. Families can contact their regional adoption worker for information updates, or they can contact Central Office at (306) 798-0496.

Adoptions in Saskatchewan are governed by The Adoption Act. In the past 20 years we have seen many changes in adoption. There is a growing trend toward "openness" in adoption - adoption where birth parents have an active role in the selection of the adoptive parents. Since 1989, the Ministry of Social Services has offered "open" adoptions as an option. Openness allows for varying degrees of contact and information sharing between the birth parent and adoptive parents as the adopted child grows up.

In the past, adoptions were "closed" because the parties involved in the adoption only received non-identifying information about the other party. There is now a growing recognition of the importance of background information and history. There is a recognition of the adopted person's need to search for their "roots" and of the birth parent's need to search for the child placed for adoption.

The Ministry of Social Services offers programs in domestic adoption, assisted adoption, intercountry adoption and post-adoption.

For further information about adoption, contact your nearest Social Services office or the provincial adoption consultant at:

Ministry of Social Services
12th floor, 1920 Broad Street
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3V6
(306)787-5698

		Domestic Adoption

		Intercountry Adoption

		Post-Adoption

		Assisted Adoption

		Openness in Adoption

		Adoption Questions and Answers

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