Heart Gallery
 Heart Gallery Application -- The Heart Gallery of Lane County exhibits portraits to raise awareness of the needs of Lane County Children. They wait and hope for their own adoptive family, mentor, or court appointed special advocate (CASA) to love and protect them. Professional photographers volunteer to take compelling portraits showcased in the Heart Galleries. These beautifully framed and matted portraits then get displayed along with the children's biographies in various venues. On average, we receive over 50 inquiries per week about these children. DHS foster/adoption orientation class size, adoption inquiries, and general applicants to DHS have more than doubled since the inception of the Heart Gallery.
Adoption Recruitment Form -- Fill out this form for adoption recruitment options and we will contact you as soon as the bulletin is assigned.
Family Finding Referral Form
Heart Gallery Mentor Referral Form
Mentor-Foster to Adopt Form
Mentor Foster to Adopt Introduction Interview
Heart Gallery of America, Inc
Project Linus - Providing security through blankets
Northwest Adoption Exchange
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Breathing Space
Life Skills Partners: Individuals with skills in specific areas and an interest in providing one on one instruction. This could be cooking, cleaning, automotive, self-care, volunteering in the community, gardening, animal care, painting, art projects, and more.
Volunteer Drivers: Available to drive children to and from medical appointments (with caseworker permission), after school activities, games, and other appointments that the foster parents aren’t needed at.
Drop-in Center: The drop in center creates a once a week activity/location where older children can take a respite from daily stress. Run by Heart Gallery volunteers, it occurs at local community centers, Willamalane, NAAG, or other similar locations.
Fun Time Coordinator: A self-sustaining program centered on activities convening either weekly or monthly for the children. These can be crafts, movies, games nights, sport nights, etcetera.
Weekend Warriors: Individuals who don’t feel able to tackle Monday-Friday care, but would be available for planned weekend care, to provide relief to families.
Time-out Parents: These respite parents are available for a longer timeframe. These parents take children for up to one to two weeks at a time in order to provide a break for caregivers.
Emergency Parents: These individuals are short notice care givers.
What is Breathing Space
Breathing Space Volunteer Form-Respite Support Care
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