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All Children - All Families: About the Initiative

All Children - All Families: About the Initiative

CATEGORY: Adoption

The initiative seeks to enhance LGBT cultural competence among child welfare professionals and educate LGBT people about opportunities to become foster or adoptive parents.

All Children - All Families: About the Initiative
Buyers Guide
Congressional Scorecard
Corporate Equality Index
Growing Up LGBT in America
Healthcare Equality Index
Maps of State Laws & Policies
Municipal Equality Index
National Coming Out Day
Transgender Visibility Guide
2013 CEI Criteria - Equivalent Spousal and Partner Benefits
2013 CEI Criteria - Health Insurance for Transgender Employees and Dependents
8 Questions to Ask Before Starting the Adoption Process
A Blueprint for Positive Change
A Guide to State-Level Advocacy Following Enactment of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act
About Coming Out as a Straight Supporter
About Foster Parenting
Adoption Benefit Programs: LGBT Considerations for Employers
Adoption Financial Assistance
Adoption Options Overview
Adoption, Foster Care Agencies & State Law
Advocating for LGBT Equality in Your Workplace
Advocating for LGBT Workplace Equality as a Consumer
Advocating for LGBT Workplace Equality as a Consumer: Sample Letter to Businesses
All Children - All Families Additional Resources
All Children - All Families Promising Practices Guide
All Children - All Families: Agency Data Collection
All Children - All Families: Agency Employment Non-Discrimination Policies
All Children - All Families: Agency External Communications
All Children - All Families: Agency Grievance Procedures
All Children - All Families: Agency Mission & Value Statements
All Children - All Families: Agency Partnerships with the LGBT Community
All Children - All Families: Agency Self-Assessment
All Children - All Families: Agency Staff Attitudes Survey
All Children - All Families: Agency Staff Training
All Children - All Families: Client Non-Discrimination Statements
All Children - All Families: Core Competencies
All Children - All Families: Family Recruitment
All Children - All Families: Family Training
All Children - All Families: How to Participate
All Children - All Families: Inclusive Agency Forms
All Children - All Families: List of Participating Agencies
All Children - All Families: Map of Participating Agencies
All Children - All Families: Organizational Partnerships & Non-Discrimination
All Children - All Families: Placement & Finalization
All Children - All Families: Post-Permanency Support to Sustain Families
All Children - All Families: Request Agency Self-Assessment Log-In Information
All Children - All Families: Training Curriculum
All Children - All Families: What Agencies Can Participate
An Ally’s Guide to Issues Facing the LGBT Community
An Important Step toward Workplace Equality: An Executive Order on Federal Contractors
An Overview of Federal Rights and Protections Granted to Married Couples
Anti-Marriage Amendment in Minnesota
Are transgender-inclusive health insurance benefits expensive?
At the Intersection: Race, Sexuality and Gender
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2009: Boeing Co.
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2009: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2010: Credit Suisse
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2010: Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2011: Boston Consulting Group
Award for Workplace Equality Innovation 2011: Goldman Sachs
Becoming a More Activist-Oriented Campus Group
Benchmarks of LGBT Cultural Competency
Best Places to Work 2011
Best Places to Work 2012
Beyond Bullying
Blood Donations
Books and Videos on School Issues
Breaking Down Barriers: An Administrator’s Guide to State Law & Best Policy Practice for LGBT Health
Business Case: Corporate Reputation and Marketing Opportunities
Business Case: Legal Vulnerability
Business Case: Recruitment and Retention
Business Coalition for Benefits Tax Equity, Members
Business Coalition for Workplace Fairness, Members
Business Imperative of Transgender Inclusiveness
Can LGBT People Become Foster Parents?
Can You Adopt a Child from Foster Care?
Celebrities Come Out for Equality in 2012
Cities and Counties with Non-Discrimination Ordinances that Include Gender Identity
City and County Domestic Partner Registries
Clergy Call for Justice and Equality
Co-Parenting Agreement
Collecting Transgender-Inclusive Gender Data in Workplace and Other Surveys
Coming Out as a Straight Supporter
Coming Out at Work
Coming Out in the Workplace as Transgender
Coming Out Issues for Asian Pacific Americans
Coming Out Issues for Latinas and Latinos
Coming Out to Your Doctor
Connect with the HRC Workplace Project
Corporate Equality Index Archive
Corporate Equality Index Criteria
Corporate Equality Index FAQ
Corporate Equality Index: 2003 Corporate Statements
Corporate Equality Index: 2004 Corporate Statements
Corporate Equality Index: 2005 Corporate Statements
Corporate Equality Index: 2008 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: 2009 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: 2010 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: 2011 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: 2011 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: 2012 Statements from Employers that Rated 100 Percent
Corporate Equality Index: About the Survey
Corporate Equality Index: Does it Give Credit for Therapy
Corporate Equality Index: List of Businesses with Transgender-Inclusive Health Insurance Benefits
Corporate Equality Index: Rating Criteria 1.0 (2002-2005)
Corporate Equality Index: Rating Criteria 2.0 (2006 - 2010)
Corporate Equality Index: What Businesses are Rated and How to Participate
Corporate Equality Index: What Happened to the 2007 Report?
Corporate Equality Index: Why the Criteria Change
Cyber Bullying and the LGBT Community
Degrees of Equality
Degrees of Equality: Self-Disclosing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Discrimination Against Transgender Workers
Discussing Donor Insemination with Children
Diversity Training on Gender Identity and Gender Expression
Diversity Training on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
Domestic Partner Benefit Eligibility: Defining Domestic Partners and Dependents
Domestic Partner Benefits: Cost and Utilization
Domestic Partner Benefits: Grossing Up to Offset Imputed Income Tax
Domestic Partner Benefits: Hardship Withdrawal Option for Retirement Plans
Domestic Partner Benefits: Nonspouse Rollover Provision for Retirement Plans
Domestic Partner Benefits: Pension Survivor Annuities
Domestic Partner Benefits: Related Laws and Regulations
Domestic Partnership Agreement
Donor Agreement
Donor Insemination: The Basics
Durable Power of Attorney for Finances
Employee Groups
Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Legislative Timeline
Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Stories of Discrimination
Employment Policies: Adding Gender Identity as a Protected Category
Ending Stigma & Achieving Full Inclusion: HRC’s Task Force to Address Insurance Industry Practices
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Berkeley, Calif.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: King County, Wash.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Long Beach, Calif.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Los Angeles, Calif.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Miami Beach, Fla.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Minneapolis, Minn.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Oakland, Calif.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Olympia, Wash.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Sacramento, Calif.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: San Francisco, Calif.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: San Mateo County, Calif.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Seattle, Wash.
Equal Benefits Ordinance: State of California
Equal Benefits Ordinance: Tumwater, Wash.
Equal Benefits Ordinances
Equal Opportunity Ordinances
Equality from State to State
Equality Magazine
Establishing an Allies/Safe Zone Program
Establishing an Employee Resource Group
Establishing Domestic Partner Benefits
Expanding your Employee Resource Group
Experiences of Healthcare Discrimination
External Business Engagement with the LGBT Community
Faith Advocacy Resources
Faith in Action
Faith Positions
Family and Coming Out Issues for Asian Pacific Americans
Family and Coming Out Issues for Latinas and Latinos
Family and Medical Leave Act - FAQ for Employees
Family and Medical Leave Act: FMLA-Equivalent Benefit for LGBT Workers
Federal Laws Impacting Domestic Partner Benefits
Federal Response to HIV/AIDS
Finally Free: How Love and Acceptance Saved Us From the Ex-Gay Ministries
Finding Insurance for Transgender-Related Healthcare
For The Bible Tells Me So: A Study Guide and Advocacy Training Curriculum
Frequently Asked Questions about Domestic Partner Benefits
Gender Identity and Our Faith Communities: A Congregational Guide for Transgender Advocacy
Gender Identity and Our Faith Communities: Audio Files of Dramatic Readings
GenEQ Action Tools: Coalition Building
GenEQ Action Tools: Editorials & Op-Eds
GenEQ Action Tools: Letters to the Editor
GenEQ Action Tools: Media Advisory, News Release & Press Kit
Glossary of Terms
Guía de Recursos Para Salir Del Clóset
Hate Crimes and Violence Against LGBT People
Hate Crimes Law
Hate Crimes Timeline
HBCU Leadership and Career Summit
Health Care Proxy
Health Insurance Discrimination for Transgender People
Healthcare Equality Index: 2009 Statements from Top Performers
Healthcare Equality Index: Advance Healthcare Directives
Healthcare Equality Index: Business Case for Participation
Healthcare Equality Index: Data Collection Policies
Healthcare Equality Index: Decision-Making Policies
Healthcare Equality Index: Default Surrogate Selection Laws
Healthcare Equality Index: Employment Non-Discrimination
Healthcare Equality Index: Equal Visitation
Healthcare Equality Index: Login Request
Healthcare Equality Index: Patient Non-Discrimination
Healthcare Equality Index: Patient Self-Identification & State-Registered Partnerships
Healthcare Equality Index: Sample Employment Non-Discrimination Policies
Healthcare Equality Index: Sample Patient Non-Discrimination Policies
Healthcare Equality Index: Sample Visitation Policies
Healthcare Equality Index: What is meant by same-sex parents?
Healthcare Equality Index: What is meant by same-sex partner/spouse/significant other?
Healthcare Equality Index: Why are questions new or updated in the survey?
Healthcare Laws: State by State
Healthy Families Act
HIPAA and LGBT Healthcare Equality
HIV/AIDS and Employment Discrimination
HIV/AIDS Awareness Days
Hospital Visitation Authorization
Hospital Visitation Guide for LGBT Families
Housing for LGBT People: What You Need to Know About Property Ownership and Discrimination
How are transgender-inclusive benefits included in the Corporate Equality Index?
How can I find an employer’s non-discrimination policy?
How Can I Find an LGBT-Friendly Adoption Agency?
How Much Does Adoption Cost?
How to Exercise Your Rights
How to Find Out if a Camp is LGBT Friendly
HRC and DocuBank®
HRC Foundation Mentorship Program: Summer Institute for Religious and Theological Study
HRC Issue Brief: Aging
HRC Issue Brief: Equal Access to COBRA Act
HRC Issue Brief: Families
HRC Issue Brief: Federal Taxation
HRC Issue Brief: HIV/AIDS and the LGBT Community
International Adoption
International Laws Protecting Transgender Workers
International LGBT Workplace Considerations
Is Foster Parenting for You?
Is Gender Identity or Expression preferred over Gender Identity in employment policies?
Join the Business Coalition for Benefits Tax Equity
Known Donor Agreement
Lana Wachowski Receives HRC Visibility Award
Language and Coming Out Issues for Latinas and Latinos
Last Will and Testament
Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality
Learning About School Policies
Legal Documents to Protect Your Family
LGBT Cultural Competence
LGBT Employee Retention: Professional Development Programs
LGBT Equality at the Fortune 500
LGBT Marketing and Advertising
LGBT Marketing and Advertising: Best Practices
LGBT Philanthropic Support
LGBT Professional and Student Associations
LGBT Professional Recruitment Events
LGBT Recruitment
LGBT Student Scholarship Database
LGBT Supplier Diversity Programs
LGBT-Inclusive Definitions of Family
LGBT-Inclusive Intake Forms
LGBT-Inclusive Public Accommodations Laws
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Family
List of Sperm Banks
Living Adoption: Gay Parents Speak
Living Openly in Your Place of Worship
Living Outside the Safety Net: LGBT Families and Social Security
Living Will
Managing Employee Gender Transition in the Workplace
Obama Administration Policy, Legislative and Other Advancements on behalf of LGBT Americans
Open Adoption
Organizational Letters of Support for All Children - All Families
Out in Scripture
Out in Season
Overview of the Surrogacy Process
Parents as Allies
Partnering with Schools to Support Children with Gender Variant Behaviors and Interests
Patient Non-Discrimination: LGBT-Inclusive Policy Statements from Healthcare Organizations
Pension Plans

Pension Plans

CATEGORIES: Workplace

Personnel Documentation for Transgender Employees
Perspectives on the Bible and LGBT People
Professional Organizations on LGBT Parenting
Protecting Your Visitation & Decision-Making Rights
Publications on Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace
Questions and Answers: The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Questions to Ask Before Enrolling In Domestic Partner Benefits
Religion and Coming Out Issues for African Americans
Religion and Coming Out Issues for Asian Pacific Americans
Religion and Coming Out Issues for Latinas and Latinos
Request a Copy of the HEI Report
Resource Guide to Coming Out
Resource Guide to Coming Out for African Americans
Resources Cited in the Promising Practices Guide
Resources for People with Transgender Family Members
Resources for Transgender Employees
Resources on Cyber Bullying
Resources on Gender Variance in Children
Responding to Negative Reactions to LGBT Inclusion
Responding to Objections to Formally Amending Equal Opportunity Policies
Restroom Access for Transgender Employees
Risks of Abstinence-Only Education
Same-Sex Parents and Consent for Treatment of a Minor
Same-Sex Relationship Recognition Laws: State by State
Sample Equal Employment Opportunity Policies
Samples Discussed in the Promising Practices Guide
San Francisco Transgender Benefit
San Francisco Transgender Benefit: Actual Cost & Utilization (2001-2006)
San Francisco Transgender Benefit: Estimating Cost and Utilization for the “Worst Case” (1997-2001)
San Francisco Transgender Benefit: Total Claims Experience and Plan Evolution, By Year (2001-2006)
School Resources for Parents
Search our Employer Database
Second Parent Adoption
Selecting Sperm Banks and Unknown Donors
Self-Identification of LGBT Employees
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Terminology and Definitions
Share Your Adoption Agency Information
Small Business Basics
Social Science Research
Society and Coming Out Issues for Asian Pacific Americans
Spousal Benefits: Recognizing Same-Sex Spouses for Benefits Programs
State Courts
State Laws & Policies
Stories of Adoption
Supplier Standards: Discrimination Policies
Surrogacy Laws and Legal Considerations
Surrogacy: What to Expect
Surrogate Medical Decision-Making and the LGBT Community
Syringe Exchange Programs
Talking About Marriage Equality With Your Friends and Family
Talking About Our Families
Talking About Our Families: Children 8 and Older
Talking About Our Families: Children Age 4 to 7
Talking About Our Families: Children Under 3
Talking About Sexuality
Talking About Sexuality: Children 10 and Older
Talking About Sexuality: Children Age 3 to 9
Talking About Sexuality: Children Under 3
Talking with Kids about LGBT Issues
Taxation of Domestic Partner Benefits
Taxation of Partner Benefits: Determining and Tracking Dependent Status
Tell Us About an LGBT Conference or Event
Tell Us About an LGBT Scholarship
Tell Us about Your LGBT Campus Group
The CEI Criteria Explained
The Equality Principles
The History of Coming Out
The Lies and Dangers of Reparative Therapy
The Presidential Memorandum Regarding Hospital Visitation and Decision-Making
The State of the Workplace
The Williams Institute & Center for American Progress: Unequal Taxes on Equal Benefits
Transgender Americans: A Handbook for Understanding
Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace, 2nd Edition
Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace: Introduction and Business Case
Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace: Recommended Policies and Practices
Transgender Medical Treatment: Medically Necessary and Not Cosmetic
Transgender People and Marriage: The Importance of Legal Planning
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits for Employees and Dependents
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Are My Employer’s Benefits Inclusive?
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Colleges & Universities
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Communicating Availability of the Benefit
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Medical Treatment Cost and Utilization
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Questions Employers Should Ask
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Taxability of Related Medical Expenses
Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: What are Clinical Guidelines?
Transition in the Workplace
U.S. Federal Government Employment Policies
Uniting American Families Act
Update the Employer Database
What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?
What is Being a Good Corporate Citizen?
What is Campus Activism?
What Must You Do to Become a Foster Parent?
What resources do other LGBT organizations have to offer young people?
What to Do If You’ve Been The Victim of a Hate Crime
What Welcoming Schools Offer
Who Are the Children in Foster Care?
Workplace Discrimination: Policies, Laws and Legislation
Workplace Dress Codes and Transgender Employees
Workplace Gender Transition Guidelines
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
Your Elected Officials