| Name of Non-Profit Organization * | Adoption Network Cleveland |
| Today’s Date: * | Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
| Organization’s website | https://www.adoptionnetwork.org |
| EIN / 501(C)(3)Number * | 34-1603766 |
| What year did your organization receive it’s non-profit status? * | 1991 |
| Address * | 4614 Prospect Ave E #550 Cleveland, Ohio 44103 United States |
| County * | Cuyahoga |
| Your Name * | Bethany Murray |
| Your Title * | Grant and Donor Engagement VISTA |
| Your email address * | Bethany.Murray@adoptionnetwork.org |
| Your Phone Number | (216) 482-2319 |
| Executive Director’s Name * | Betsie Norris |
| Executive Director’s email address * | betsie.norris@adoptionnetwork.org |
| What is the mission of your organization? | We connect and empower individuals, organizations, and communities impacted by adoption, kinship, and foster care, and we provide a source of healing for those in need. |
| Which social causes (up to 3 choices) does your agency address through its programming? * |
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| Any comments about your selections you would like to share with the student philanthropists? | |
| Adoption Network Cleveland envisions an inclusive community supporting all people impacted by family separation. Adoption was once seen as a simple legal event, but today the programs and services that Adoption Network Cleveland offers recognize adoption as a complex, lifelong, and intergenerational journey with ongoing issues for all those whose lives are impacted by it. Our core programs all focus on advocacy, education, and support through the following areas.
• Family & Youth: provides guidance, services, and support for prospective and current adoptive, foster, and kinship families to address the unique challenges they face, build resilience, and create lasting permanency for children. • Adult Adoptees, Birthparents & DNA Discoveries: provides information, support, education, and advocacy for adoptees and birth parents and those facing DNA discoveries, supporting them in their life-long journey to find out who and where they are from, promote healing, define family, and create bonds that will carry them through life. • Education & Community Outreach: creates a community for professional training, development, and collaboration for those who work with adoptive, foster care, and kinship families; as well as educational opportunities for members of the adoption constellation and the community at large. |
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| Does your organization have volunteer opportunities available for students? * | Yes, Grades 9 – 12 |
| List possible volunteer opportunities -or- a link to where they can be found on the web. | “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is ‘What are you doing for others?’” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Since our founding in 1988, volunteers have played a critical role in program development, advocacy, leadership, fundraising, organizational oversight, and direct service. Volunteer opportunities are available depending on age, availability, and time of year. |
| Volunteer coordinator | Julius Jackson |
| Volunteer coordinator’s email address | julius.jackson@adoptionnetwork.org |
| Volunteer coordinator’s phone number | (216) 482-2314 |
