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National Adoption Related Organizations

10/1/2014

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AdoptUSKids: National photo listing service for foster children awaiting adoption across the United States, also containing resources for families and professionals.
http://www.adoptuskids.org/

American Academy of Adoption Attorneys: A national association of approximately 340 attorneys who practice, or have otherwise distinguished themselves, in the field of adoption law.
http://www.adoptionattorneys.org

American Adoption Congress: comprised of individuals, families and organizations, AAC is committed to adoption reform.
http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/

Bastard Nation: An adoptee rights organization that advocates for the civil and human rights of adult citizens who were adopted as children, particularly in relation to their right to access their records. http://www.bastards.org/

Child Welfare League of America: A coalition of hundreds of private and public human service agencies serving children and families who are vulnerable since 1920.
http://www.cwla.org/

Concerned United Birthparents: “The only national organization focused on birthparents – their experiences, healing and wisdom – CUB serves all those affected by adoption and all who are concerned about adoption issues. Although our focus is on birthparents, long the forgotten people of the adoption community, we welcome adoptees, adoptive parents, and professionals. We find that we all have much to learn from each other and that sharing our feelings and experiences benefits all of us.”
http://www.cubirthparents.org/index.php

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute: a non-profit organization that works to raise awareness about the needs of children without families and to remove policy barriers that hinder children from knowing the love and support a family provides.
http://www.ccainstitute.org/

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption: a foster care adoption organization that helps connect waiting children in foster care with prospective adoptive families through a range of programs and resources, including Wendy’s Wonderful Kids and the annual TV show, Home for the Holidays.
https://www.davethomasfoundation.org/

Donaldson Adoption Institute: an independent and objective adoption research and policy organization that addresses the needs of all those touched by adoption – first/birth parents, adoptees and adoptive parents through research, education and advocacy.
http://adoptioninstitute.org/

North American Council on Adoptable Children: founded in 1974 by adoptive parents, NACAC is committed to meeting the needs of waiting children and the families who adopt them.
http://www.nacac.org/

U.S. Children’s Bureau: a governmental agency within the Administration for Children and Families, the Children’s Bureau, created in 1912, partners with federal, state, tribal and local agencies to improve the overall well-being of children and families.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb

Voice for Adoption: VFA works closely with federal and state legislators, as well as other child welfare organizations, to make a difference in the lives of the children in foster care who are waiting to be adopted and the families who adopt children from foster care.
http://www.voice-for-adoption.org/
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Gay and Lesbian Adoption

10/1/2014

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Human Rights Campaign: Range of information on state laws, second parent adoption, LGBT friendly agencies, and others:
http://www.hrc.org/topics/adoption?gclid=Cj0KEQjwhLCgBRCf0fPH043IlJwBEiQAf8P8U-_08t8Y-pDI_1W4qXsrQEZO6D9cV4GAq-w80YWLhZwaAo2O8P8HAQ

Gay Parent Magazine: Looking to expand your family through foster care, adoption or reproductive technology? How did other LGBTs become parents or deal with issues with their child? Gay Parent magazine (GPM) can help you answer questions about same sex and gay parenting.
www.gayparentmag.com
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Guardianship Facts and Figures

10/1/2014

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Guardianship is another type of permanency whereby a child gains the legal security of a guardian and is removed from the administrative responsibility of the child welfare system if the child is in foster care, but the process does not require termination of birthparents’ parental rights. Subsidized guardianship enables those becoming guardians of children in foster care to receive a monthly subsidy to assist with the child’s care. The Fostering Connections Act allows states to use federal funds to support subsidized guardianships. The number of youth leaving foster care through guardianship has increased since FFY 2000 when 9,043 children (3%) did so. By 2009, guardianship was achieved for over 19,000 children, or 7% of those who left care that year (AFCARS). 
For the most recent figures, see AFCARS reports:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/research-data-technology/statistics-research/afcars

Subsidized Guardianship – Summary and Analysis, Grandfamilies.org
http://www2.grandfamilies.org/SubsidizedGuardianship/SubsidizedGuardianshipSummaryAnalysis.aspx

Increase Exits from Foster Care to Permanence through Guardianship. Center for the Study of Social Policy. Policy For Results:
http://www.policyforresults.org/child-welfare/increase-exits-from-foster-care-to-permanence-through-guardianship

Research on Benefits and Outcomes of Subsidized Guardianships:
Never Too Old: Achieving Permanency and Sustaining Connections for Older Youth in Foster Care, July, 2011, Donaldson Adoption Institute, pp. 42-48.
http://adoptioninstitute.org/old/publications/2011_07_21_NeverTooOld.pdf

Subsidized Guardianship: Testing the Effectiveness of an Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come, May, 2008, University of Illinois Children and Family Research Center.
http://www.nrcadoption.org/wp-content/uploads/Subsidized-Guardianship-Testing-Effectiveness-Testa-2008.pdf
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