Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Adoption

Protecting Children and Strengthening Families

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:59:02 -0500

Too many children experience abuse and neglect with negative lifelong consequences. Too few children get the services and supports they need to heal. Yet, proven and promising practices can reduce maltreatment and ameliorate harm.

President Signs Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act into Law

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:10:17 -0600

On October 7, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-351). It delinks adoption assistance from the old AFDC program, enables federal payments for kinship care guardians, and will allow states to extend foster care services to young people up to age 21.

Seeking Therapeutic Foster Care Parents

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:04:23 -0600

The Maryland-based Kennedy Krieger Institute is actively recruiting foster, respite and adoptive parents. The Institute offers specialized training, emergency coverage, 24-hour assistance, monthly support groups and more.

“Hope” Grows: an Intergenerational Community, 14 Years On

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:59:57 -0600

Fourteen years ago, an abandoned air force base was transformed into a vibrant intergenerational community, Hope Meadows, to help move children from foster care to adoption and turn seniors into active givers of supports and services. Now, as sites across the country replicate their approach, Hope Meadows is adapting to the new challenges that come with long-term success.

Step-Parent Adoption Factsheet

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:33:59 -0500

This 2008 factsheet from the Child Welfare Information Gateway offers general
information about legal issues to consider and steps to take when adopting a stepchild.

Also available in Spanish.

A Love Like No Other

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:39:02 -0500

Transcript of live chat (2/8/2006)

This provocative collection of 20 essays by adoptive parents about their widely varying experiences was edited by Pamela Kruger and Jill Smolowe. (Publisher: Riverhead, 2005) Kruger and Smolowe join us for a discussion of the book—and some of the authors will also chime in to answer your questions.

An Adoptee Embraces Her Uniqueness

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:20:19 -0600

Althea Izawa-Hayden, a former Connect for Kids intern, wrote about what her Korean heritage means to her in this article, reprinted with permission from Adoption Today magazine.

National Adoption Month

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:34:32 -0600

Start: Nov 1 2006 - 12:01am

Timezone: Etc/GMT+4

National Adoption Month is an opportunity to raise awareness about the 129,000 children in foster care nationwide waiting for permanent families. Recruitment efforts are highlighted throughout the National Adoption Month website to encourage America's families to "answer the call" to ensure the safety, permanency, and well-being of our children.

Capital Region Adoption and Foster Care Consortium

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:56:02 -0500

The mission of this organization is to find and support foster and adoptive families, and to educate communities of the Capital Region of New York State about the need for foster and adoptive homes.

Adopting, and Adjusting

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:36:43 -0500

Adoption is a fundamental, life-altering event for everyone involved. But many adoptive parents are still surprised to find their joy mixed with sadness and uncertainty. Ninotchka Beavers talked with some experts about what some are calling Post Adoption Depression.

Great Idea, Great Results

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:32:52 -0500

A family court judge and an attorney, chatting outside an LA courthouse during a fire drill, came up with an idea that has changed thousands of children's lives: National Adoption Saturday. Cecilia Garcia looks at the history of the day, which falls this year on November 20th.

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:29:01 -0500

The redesigned Adoption Information Clearinghouse Web site has easy access to state contact information.

Should I Let My Guardian Angel Adopt Me?

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:25:13 -0500

Teenagers in foster care recently shared their opinions on being adopted with Youth Communication's Represent magazine. In this reprint, Taheerah Mahdi gives us a peek inside her mind as she wrestled with her personal adoption decision.

Who Will Adopt the Foster Care Children Left Behind?

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:25:24 -0600

This Urban Institute report looks at the changing characteristics of parents who have adopted children from the foster care system to help agencies identify and recruit adoptive parents. Of the children adopted in 1999, 56 percent were adopted by foster parents and 20 percent by relatives--a radical shift in child welfare practice, since until recently foster parents and relatives were rarely given opportunities to adopt. Children still awaiting adoption tend to be closest in characteristics to the children adopted by relatives--older, male and black. Prospective adoptive parents who have no p

Adoptable, and Online

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:06:13 -0500

Over the last few years, the Internet has transformed the way adoption agencies and child welfare departments go about finding adoptive homes for children and groups of siblings. Kathleen Schuckel reports on how children, prospective parents and agencies feel about the change.