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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="190" height="90" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.png@01D4CF43.FB119920" alt="Office-Human-Resources-V_for_email"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">An important message from FSU Office of Human Resources<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b>This message has been approved by Shelley Lopez, Program Director, Communications/Special Projects, for distribution to all Department Representatives.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt;line-height:115%">The Florida Department of Children and Families offers employees an adoption benefit incentive for children in permanent DCF custody. Employees who have adopted internationally, through interventions,
or privately are not eligible for the state adoption benefit. The period to apply for this benefit is
<b>March 1 – April 30, 2019.</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt;line-height:115%">The benefits for qualified employees are as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Adoption of a Special Needs Child:</b> a monetary benefit in the amount of $10,000 per child (pro-rated for part-time employees).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:9.35pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b>Adoption of a Non-Special Needs Child:</b> a monetary benefit in the amount of $5,000 per child (pro-rated for part-time employees).<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt;line-height:115%">A Special Needs Child is a child whose permanent custody has been awarded to DCF or to a Florida licensed child-placing agency, and who meets one or more of the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Has established significant emotional ties with his/her foster parents;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:9.35pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
Is eight years of age or older;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:9.35pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
Has a developmental disability;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:9.35pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
Has a physical or emotional handicap;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:9.35pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
Is of black or racially mixed heritage; or<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:9.35pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
Is a member of a sibling group of any age, provided two or more members of a sibling group remain together for purposes of adoption.
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt;line-height:115%">For more information, including the application,
<a href="https://hr.fsu.edu/?page=homepage"><span style="color:blue">click here.</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Questions?</b> Please contact the Adoption Information Center at (800) 962-3678.<o:p></o:p></p>
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