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About the Collaboration

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Our Mission

The mission of AdoptUsKids is two-fold: to raise public awareness about the need for foster and adoptive families for children in the public child welfare system; and to assist U.S. States, Territories and Tribes to recruit and retain foster and adoptive families and connect them with children.


Our Work

National Resource Center for Recruitment and Retention of Foster and Adoptive Parents at AdoptUsKids (NRCRRFAP)

  • Participant in the National Training and Technical Assistance Network
  • Consultation to address States’ and Tribes’ priority issues related to recruitment and retention in Federal reviews

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  • National photolisting of children waiting in foster care for adoptive families
  • Information on foster care and adoption for families, professionals and the media
  • Thousands of licensed, adoptive families are registered on adoptuskids.org

Answering the Call Publications

  • Barriers & Success Factors in Adoption from Foster Care: Perspectives of Families & Staff
  • Dollars and Sense: A Guide to Achieving Adoptions Through Public-Private Contracting
  • Finding a Fit That Will Last a Lifetime: A Guide to Connecting Adoptive Families with Waiting Children
  • Finding Common Ground: A Guide to Connecting Adoptive Families with Communities of Faith
  • Lasting Impressions: A Guide for Photolisting Children
  • Practitioner’s Guide: Getting More Parents for Children from Your Recruitment Efforts
  • Wherever My Family Is: That’s Home - Adoption Services for Military Families

National Recruitment Campaign

  • National multi-media campaigns to recruit families for waiting children including public relations outreach
  • Recruitment Response Teams in each state to respond to prospective foster and adoptive families

Parent Respite Program

  • Annual mini-grant awards to parent support groups
  • Development of national respite model to support foster and adoptive families

Partners

Collaboration partners include: University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, Northwest Adoption Exchange, North American Council on Adoptable Children, The Adoption Exchange, and The Adoption Exchange Association.



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