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Taproot issue 39 - February 2001

Presidents Corner

I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday. My holidays were very busy. Especially my new years eve. You see, my son who attends college in Florida informed me a few weeks before he came home for Christmas vacation that he had invited a few kids over for a “small” birthday party, (he was born on New Years Day). Well that “small” birthday party turned out to be over 100 people. I think the last kid left my house around 3:00am. I must admit it was a lot of fun. The kids played games and talked. Around 11:30 we all stood around the television waiting for the ball to drop. The next time any one of my children wants to have a “small” party at the house, I will be sure to ask them their definition of small.

The original article that I wrote for President’s Corner was too long to fix into this small corner of the newsletter so we put it on the inside. It is entitled “Child Welfare and My Family”. It is worth reading.

Remember this is the last TAPROOT you will be receiving if you have not sent in the mailer stating that you would like to continue receiving the newsletter.

I received a Policy Announcement from the Dept. of Health and Human Services concerning Adoption Assistance Eligibility. Some PIQ’s have been withdrawn and new ones added. Before I put anything in the newsletter I plan on getting more information for you. I will try to have all the changes in the next TAPROOT and will also add them to the web site.

Some of you may have noticed that our web site, Taplink, has not been updated recently. We are in the process of changing our web hosting provider to provide us more expandability. We expect to be back on line shortly.

Phyllis Stevens