On Friday, April 13, at 5 p.m. ET, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation will award Hands Across The Water, a local child welfare agency, with the coveted All Children – All Families Seal of Recognition. The award certifies that Hands Across The Water is a “Leader in Supporting and Serving LGBTQ Youth and Families.”
WHAT: HRC Foundation awards Hands Across The Water with All Children – All Families Seal of Recognition
WHEN: Friday, April 13 at 5 p.m. ET
WHERE: Hands Across The Water, 781 Avis Drive, Suite 200, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
WHO: Ryan Rowe, HRC Associate Regional Field Director
Katie Page Sander, Hands Across The Water Executive Director
Jonah Siegel and Lee Roosevelt, local Foster and Adoptive Parents
RSVP: Contact ianthe.metzger@hrc.org
The All Children – All Families Seal of Recognition is awarded to child welfare agencies that meet 10 key “Benchmarks of LGBTQ Cultural Competency” — including client non-discrimination policies and inclusive agency paperwork, staff training and creating an LGBTQ-inclusive agency environment.
HRC Foundation’s All Children – All Families project provides a framework for agencies nationwide to achieve safety, permanency and well-being by improving their practice with LGBTQ youth and families. All Children – All Families promotes LGBTQ cultural competency among child welfare agencies through innovative resources, including an online agency self-assessment tool, comprehensive staff training, free technical assistance and more.
Hands Across The Water (HATW) is a fully-licensed child placing agency. Founded in 1999, HATW originally provided international adoption services. Today, HATW supports families in domestic infant adoption, state adoption, pregnancy counseling, foster care, in-home parent education and behavioral health services. Hands Across The Water is dedicated to building and supporting families, and committed to the belief that every child deserves a home and loving family.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.
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