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Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical AssistanceWho We AreThe Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (AAICAMA) is a nonprofit corporation comprised of member States that operate under a cooperative agreement with the Children's Bureau. AAICAMA works with State and local child welfare agencies, Tribes, and adoptive parents to facilitate and support special needs adoption, principally across State jurisdictional boundaries. The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA, the Compact) provides a framework for interstate coordination to remove barriers to the adoption of children with special needs and facilitates the transfer of adoptive, educational, medical, and postadoptive services when a preadoptive child is placed interstate or an adopted child moves to a new State. How We Can HelpAAICAMA provides education, training, and technical assistance to increase States' capacity to improve practice and policy in special needs adoption, including: Interstate Partnerships Technical Assistance Legal and Legislative Analysis and Guidance Education and Training AAICAMA created and maintains a resource library of position papers and issue briefs that clarify complex issues related to interstate adoption. Bridges, the biannual publication, is a forum for information resource exchange, continuing education, legislative updates, and State case law affecting special needs adoption. AAICAMA factsheets educate States and parents on eligibility for and services available through Federal and State adoption and medical assistance programs. AAICAMA's annual meeting is a forum for information exchange on interstate adoption issues with other child- and family-serving partners and facilitates cross-system collaboration to improve access to comprehensive support services needed for special needs adoption. Data Collection
These surveys provide national information on the number of children receiving Federal and State adoption assistance and their movement across State lines, States providing medical services to children receiving State-funded adoption assistance, and interstate adoption practices. AAICAMA created and maintains adoption assistance pages that provide State-by-State information on adoption assistance programs and medical, mental health, and postadoption services. Adoption Assistance by State is found on the Child Welfare Information Gateway website: www.childwelfare.gov For More Information
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