I wish to open a home for the orphans. What do I need to know?
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I think your first step would be to volunteer at one first. Once you get the hang of it you'll have MANY connections to start your own.
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Call the church office and ask them for their nonprofit id.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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First of all be patient it is going to be a complicated process. It’s a very broad subject; I will briefly give you an overview of the topic.\n\n1.  You would need to file a 1-140 petition with the BCIS (formerly INS) in the US to bring the adopted child to US.  With this petition usually following documents are required.\n\na. An adoption degree from the place where adoption took place\n\nb. A home study done in the US confirming that you can bring up the child.\n\nc. Child’s birth certificate if available, Letter from the organization, if you adopted the child through an orphanage or adoption agency confirming the adoption and all the facts relating to the child.\n\nd. Your marriage certificate.\n\nOnce this petition is approved it will first go to National Visa Center in New Hampshire. NVC will ask you to submit an affidavit of support for the child.  You would also need to submit your last 3 years tax returns (1040), proof of employment and your bank statement.  NVC will then forward this petition to the American Embassy or consulate having jurisdiction over the child's place of residence.\n\nAmerican Embassy will then schedule an interview.  Where they would interview you, your husband and would like to see the child as well.  In some cases the embassy also conducts a field investigation to verify facts in the case. If everything is in order they will issue an immigrant visa in the IR-3 category.\n\nOne important thing to note is that the US immigration law recognizes adoption of an orphan or abandoned child only. In case of an abandoned child either the whereabouts of both the parents are not known or the sole surviving parent is unable to care for the child and has irrevocably released the child for adoption.
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You'll probably need to draft a mission statement for your charity, explaining in detail its goals and objectives. Any governmental agency (not to mention potential partner organizations) will want to see this. You need to know exactly what your non-profit organization is going to try to accomplish. Just stating that it's a charity will not be enough; you need a detailed plan, described in full detail.\n\nCheck out this website for some further information on registering non-profit agencies:\n\nhttp://www.managementhelp.org/strt_org/strt_np/strt_np.htm
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First beleive in the cause in which you wish to support.  Take time in selecting a fundraiser.  Make sure that you have others to back you in this choice.  Make sure that it is honest.  You might want to set up a special account with your bank to deposit these funds and keep acurate records of such deposits.  Don't take money from the funds raised to pay off others.\nRunning a raffel gets sticky.  You must register, have the items already to be raffeled off.  Sell only tickets or such that go specifically for that event.  You must have a cut off date for the drawing and I would suggest that you have someone other than yourself doing the actual raffel.  Please check with your state to see if your charity is eligible to become a 501 (c) 3 non-profit charity or organization.  There is a lot of paperwork involved in becoming one and there are fees too.\nHaving a garage/yard sale is an easy one.  Ask others that are interested in this cause to donate items for this sale.  You will propably have success at this type of sale. Bake sales are good, but you better have a good location to set up and have some good items (goodies) to sell (eat). \nGood luck with whatever you choose to do.\nI run a non-profit charity that raises funds by yard sales and we accept donations year round for our cause. Feeding the community is what we do.  We supply food to persons who don't have any in the area in which I live.  We have gone from feeding 11 families to over 200 in less than a year.\nOnce again, Good Luke and may you be blessed for your efforts.
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You should give the orphans stuff toys since they have no parents to cuddle with. Stuff toys help bring comfort and soothes the sad feelings of orphans that they lost their parents. I hope this works for you and the orphans. Good Luck! ; )
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I don't know what kind of NGO you consider opening, but perhaps a nice website to consult is www.takingitglobal.org.\n\nCheck it out!
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The department of human services would be a good place to start.  Good luck.
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All these answers are fairly good. Find a Real Estate office or two and "adopt" them. Go to their weelky sales meetings. Give out pens. Sponsor "Home Buyer" seminars. Be a public Speaker for any group that is available. Never visit RE offices on Fri afternoon. No one there except the"Floor Agent".  Although that may be a first relationship for you. Talk to everyone. Wear a name tag everywhere. Never dress sloppily even when in the grocery store. Never High Pressure for leads.\nWe always need lenders. Primary and secondary markets. \nGood luck.
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I would do a local charity, and it would be a group home at different at all levels of need. Our community has needy kids and the closest facilities are 200 miles away. Most parents can't travel that, so the kids are left in the system instead of being reintegrated to the families. They do have foster homes here, but children who pose a threat to themselves or others are not placed in foster homes. These are the local children I would like to help.
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You'll probably get all the info you need (and more) if you contact an administrator of an AK homeless shelter. Just look up 'Homeless Services' in the yellow pages, and ask for the administrator.
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Through your local council would probably be your best bet. However you will probably have to set up a small constituted organisation as a community voluntary organisation and apply through that. (You'll need a Treasurer, Secretary and Chairperson and maybe 2 or three other members).\n\nIs there any organisation in your area which is like a community mapping organisation that helps community voluntary sector organisations with funding applications/advice etc.\nAnyway council should be your starting point.\n\nA few organisations that you could apply to if you where to become a constituted organisation; \nBBC Children in Need.\nJoseph Rowntree Foundation.\nBig Lottery Fund Small Grants.\nRagdoll Foundation.\nGood Luck!
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Starting a shelter or any other kind of small business is much more than a notion.  How much do you know about social service delivery?\n\nYour first step shuld be to learn all you can about the business.  Pack a lunch every day and hang out at the library until you understand all about grants, boards of directors, legal requirements, insurance and liability, contracts administration and accounting.  These are just some of the factors that will dictate how you will have to run your shelter.\n\nWith all of the education that you will need, starting a shelter is still an immense undertaking.  Will you set your shelter up as a 501(c)3, a for profit corporation or a sole proprietorship?\n\nI know that you have some specific ideas about treatment of clients, but have you considered how you will earn a living?  If you don't earn a profit, you won't have time to invest in your venture.\n\nAside from time in the library, you might also consider volunteering at a shelter so you can see how they work and understand the policies that you want to change.\n\nI think you have a lot of passion for what you want to do, and I don't mean to discourage you, but you need to know how much is involved before you get started.  That way, you won't be surprised later.
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Craig's list and you can also email your info to buyhomes@myway.com Be sure to give the full details, size, type, area of land, area of building complete address with zip code and a picture if possible. The population of the location would also be a great help for out of towners, seeking a get-away\npeaceful location or vise-vers. Those who want neighbours with kids, so that their kids will have play-mates. Good. Luck
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Go to DFAX [Family & Children Services] in Atlanta and request a list of the private home daycares and day care centers in the area you are interested in. \n\nYou didn't say for what you want the info - so I am assuming you are looking to start one yourself? If so - DFAX will have a lot of info for you, including the requirements you will need to meet in order to qualify to operate one. \n\nMake some phone calls [classifieds + DFAX list] and visit some day care providers to see what works for them and what does not. I can give you more hints if you are looking to run one yourself - simply contact me privately as I don't want to bore you with info if its not needed.\n\nIf you are writing an article or doing some bona fide research - start making phone calls, but be honest enough to tell the providers what you are doing and why you are calling them. DayCare Homes have certain busy busy times - when chitchatting on the phone is a nono - and some down times when they will have time to talk. Be sure to ask if it is convenient or if you may call back.
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Well first you need a second hand children's clothing store constructed. Second after that, you need to hire staff, have electronic pos systems installed plus credit/debit card terminals. Plus you need people to give you second hand children's clothing to sell.
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Well it depends on what state you are in for the rules and regs about opening a group home...Have you checked your states DSS website for information about regulations.\nIt is much harder to get a private group home going these days because of all of the childs deaths lately so you what to make sure you cover ever rule in your proposal