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Supporting our Families through Change with the Consortium! "Courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it."- Nelson Mandela In the September Newsletter you will find: Survey: Help…

Start the school year off right with the Vermont Adoption and Guardianship Consortium! "Life is a succession of lessons that must be lived to be understood."- Ralph Waldo Emerson In the August Newsletter…

Prepare for school with the Vermont Adoption and Guardianship Consortium! "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less." -…

The Consortium is Celebrating Reunification Month! "It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change." - Miles Davis In the June Newsletter…

The Consortium is celebrating National Foster Care Month - May! Spring is here, summer is around the corner, and Vermont is bursting with chances for adoptive families to build their resilience through…

Welcoming Spring with the Consortium's April Message! Inside you will find: more ways to support your child's resilience Ideas for playing in mud a book review and a television show review and lots…

It's hard to imagine it's been a year now since the schools closed down and we moved to remote learning, and many of us also moved to remote working. We've learned a lot over these 12 months, demonstrated…

February is the month when we celebrate Love and Black History Month! This month's message from the Consortium includes: Appreciation hearts set a positive tone Resources to help you explore black…

“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering 'it will be happier'...." Alfred, Lord Tennyson In this issue the Consortium encourages you to think about setting intentions rather than…

The holiday season presents multiple challenges to any family, especially now, and when you layer on being an adoptive or guardianship family it can be even tougher. Make sure you schedule some time for…