Financial Strategies and Resources for Adoptive Families was written and produced for the Adoption Exchange, Child Welfare League of America, Adoption Exchange Association partners as a public service by the Denver-based National Endowment for Financial Education®, or NEFE®; Ted Beck., President; Brent A. Neiser, CFP, Director of Collaborative Programs; and Mary J. Schultz, Project Manager of Collaborative Programs.

NEFE is an independent nonprofit organization committed to educating Americans about personal finance and empowering them to make positive and sound decisions to reach financial goals. The National Endowment for Financial Education, NEFE, and the NEFE logo are federally registered service marks of the National endowment for Financial Education. For more information about the National Endowment for Financial Education, visit www.nefe.org.

The Adoption Exchange is a non-profit 501(c)(3) child welfare organization founded in 1983 to work for safety and permanence in the lives of foster children. Initially an exchange point for caseworkers to discuss placement of children with families seeking to adopt in the Rocky Mountain region, the organization has grown considerably over the years and now impacts national trends in child welfare, employs over thirty paid staff and counts on scores of volunteers to carry out its mission. Since its inception, the agency has helped find families for 4,121 children with a broad range of special needs. Headquartered in Colorado, The Adoption Exchange offices now operate in Missouri, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wyoming are also participating member states, and The Adoption Exchange's Education Center has established a national presence.

Thanks to the following persons for their work to make this book of resources available

Lesley Craig, Attorney
Suzanne Dosh, The Adoption Exchange, Inc.
Dixie van de Flier Davis, The Adoption Exchange, Inc
Barbara Holtan, Adoption Exchange Association
Brent Neiser, National Endowment for Financial Education
Paula Pickle, The Adoption Exchange, Inc.
Melody Roe, The Education Center of The Adoption Exchange, Inc.
Mary Jeannette Schultz, National Endowment for Financial Education
Norah Selig, The Education Center of The Adoption Exchange, Inc.
Ada White, Child Welfare League of America

A special thanks to each person, parent and child whose photographs are included in this web project.