1.   Changes to the tax regulations also help families who adopt a child,by expanding the tax break for employer-provided adoption assistance.

2.   Democrats assailed a Republican proposal to restrict federal spending on foster care, adoption assistance and services to children who have been abused or abandoned by their parents.

3.   In some cases, such as a cut in payments to the states for adoption assistance, the agreement merely reduced the size of a proposed increase in spending.

4.   Likewise, she objects to the idea of a block grant for child protection services, including foster care and adoption assistance.

5.   Packwood said he had not decided whether to recommend a block grant for foster care and adoption assistance.

6.   That provision would allow checks to be sent on time to recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, foster care payments and adoption assistance.

7.   The association has no policy on whether federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance should be incorporated in a block grant, as the House bill would require.

8.   The company offers all employees family medical insurance, adoption assistance and paid maternity leave.

9.   The federal government provides large amounts of money to the states for foster care and adoption assistance, and sets standards for the use of the money.

10.   These perks include elder care, adoption assistance, government-mandated family leave and continuing health care coverage even after you become unemployed.