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Show LIFETIMES 17 H.!!toP Times April 26, 1991 Adoption made easier; command aids civilians 1 by Rufus Thomas AFLC Office of Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSO- 66 AFB, N Ohio (AFLCNS) Air Force Logistics Command is making it easier for civilian employees to adopt children. The AFLC plan is part of the President's Special Adoption Initiative, which took effect in 1989. The initiative directs federal agencies to relieve adoptive parents of some problems associated with adoption. Gen. Charles C. McDonald, AFLC commander, gives the plan his full support. "It is up to us," he said, "to create a working environment that is receptive and reactive to employees' needs concerning adoption' The general added, "We must encourage managers to work with employees to change work schedules, allow liberal use of leave, or otherwise work with the employee within the existing framework of personnel policies when workload permits." The president's initiative takes into account several factors: 15 percent of American couples of reproductive age are infertile; 30,000 American children are legally available for adoption; and, of the nearly 60,000 children adopted each year, 10,000 come from foreign It is up to us to create a working environment that is receptive and reactive to employees' needs concerning adoption. 99 Gen. Charles C. McDonald Commander, Air Fore Logiitici Command countries. dren. The Federal Government Leave Program also has special guidance dealing with adopted children, particularly children with special needs. According to Hayward Right, an employee relations specialist and the plan's project officer, "We're going to grow with it (the program) as OPM gives us more guidance." He predicts a library of source materiel will be available to AFLC personnel in the According to the president's memorandum on adoption, many children available for adoption are school-age- . Some are physically or emotionally handicapped, while others are members of sibling groups that need to be placed in the same home. Many children are members of minority groups. Adopted children are considered "eligible family members" and qualify for the same health, survivor, and life insurance benefits as biological chil- - cialists to the civilian personnel offices at each AFLC base. They can answer questions about benefits for adoptive parents. "We should be proud of our adoptive parents for the task they undertake," General McDonald said, "and ensure that one of the resulting burdens is not excessive worry about the impact on their job." For more information, contact Elise C. Kidd, HRCEE, Bldg. 1245, Ext. 77310 or 74148. future. 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