It Takes an 'Ohana
Hawaii's Foster Care ResourceIt Takes an ‘Ohana is a program of Family Programs Hawaii. We provide the latest news in foster care and updates to Hawaii’s child welfare laws. For more information on foster care and strengthening families in Hawaii, visit our main website by clicking the button below.
2013 Tax Information for Foster Care
Unique tax rules affect resource, foster, kinship care, and adoptive families. The best information regarding these tax rules that we have seen so far this year come from NYS Citizens’ Coalition for Children’s website. Click here to see that information
We would like to share and link their statement on taxes that “The most authoritative source for information on whether foster parents can claim a foster child as a dependent is IRS publication 501, Exemptions, Standard Deduction and Filing Information.”
More Articles
Ellen Goodman: Gay adoption bias not in kids’ best interests
In a March 23, 2006 opinion piece by columnist Ellen Goodman, she states: "We all talk about "the best interest of the child." What makes up that...
Hawaii Adoption Facts
In January 2010, North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC,) released a series of state-by-state adoption fact sheets (based primarily on...
Hawaii Adoption Subsidy Profile
Adoption subsidies are available for children with special needs. Federal subsidies were created by Congress (through Public Law 96-272—the Adoption...