To merge a group of cells and center the text, you can also use the Merge and Center button on the Excel tool bar. Again, this will only preserve the text in the upper-leftmost cell. Click the Merge and Center button on the toolbar.
The hospital should be notified of the adoption as far in advance of the birth mother's due date as possible. You should inform the hospital soon after you match with a birth mother. In an independent adoption, the birth mother's attorney usually makes initial contact with the hospital. In an agency adoption, communication is usually initiated by the social worker who has been guiding and counseling the birth mother.
Parents who are thinking about or are in the process of adopting a child with special needs from foster care should know about adoption assistance (also known as adoption subsidy). Federal and state adoption assistance programs are designed to help adoptive parents meet childrenâs varied, and often costly, needs.