Consumer News - Adoption Professionals: - Consumer & Government Guides; Questions & Answers

Whether you are a social worker, program manager, family therapist, attorney, or person who comes into contact with adopted persons and adoptive families, you need reliable and comprehensive information to help you become competent about adoption issues.

For Professionals Who Work With Families

Recruiting and Preparing Families
Resources for professionals working with kinship, foster, or adoptive families in each stage of the adoption process, including strategies to recruit and retain resource families and applicable laws and funding resources that help make adoption affordable.

Supporting Expectant Birth Parents
Information on applicable laws to help professionals working with expectant
parents during the decision-making process and beyond.

Types of Adoption
Information and resources regarding different types of adoption: Intercountry Adoption and Domestic Adoption, which includes independent adoption, adoption from foster care, kinship/relative adoption, and Native American adoption.
Also includes legal information on who may adopt and who may be adopted
in each State.

Types of Adoptive Families
About and for different types of adoptive families: Married, Single, Military, Kinship/Relative, Gay/Lesbian, and Transracial/Transcultural.

Post-Adoption Information
Resources for professionals to share with families to promote the stability of adoptive placements and reduce the likelihood of adoption disruption or dissolution. Includes information on the legal enforceability of post-adoption contact agreements in each State.

For Professionals Who Are Administrators

What Works in Adoption Programs
Research-based evidence on adoption programs throughout the country, including promising practices, adoption opportunities grants, and information on the adoption excellence awards.

Funding and Grant Information
Information on grants and potential funding for adoption programs.

Statistics and Research
The latest facts and figures on adoption trends, both intercountry and domestic.

Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs)
Information on the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews, including statewide assessments, final reports, State program improvement plans, and tools for administrators.

Child Welfare Workforce and Training Resources
The most current child welfare workforce development training materials for trainers, social work educators, and other stakeholders.

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