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Today
Post FAQs and test links on your agency's website. Ensure families have access to the information they need about the adoption process.
This Week
Review resources in the Family Search and Engagement section of the NRC for Permanency and Family Connections website.
This Month
Download and use the assessment tool
Is Your Response System
Family Friendly? on the AdoptUSKids website.
Support and Retain Families
Postplacement support and postadoption services are crucial not only to the families you work with today but also in helping attract families for waiting children. Find resources to assist in supporting and retaining families, including State and local examples.
Spotlight On
Keeping the Promise: The Critical Need for Post-Adoption
Services to Enable Children and Families to Succeed: Policy and Practice Perspective (PDF - 1,556 KB)
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute (2010)
Placement Stability: A Web-based Practice Toolkit
National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections
2011 National Adoption Month Capacity Building Toolkit: Support and Retain Families (PDF - 3,000 KB)
AdoptUSKids (2011)
Advocating for Post-Adoption Support: Tools to Promote Parent-Led and
Child-Driven Services (PDF - 1,340 KB)
North American Council on Adoptable Children (2009)
Online Training Program Related to Working With At-Risk Children.
Foster Care and Adoptive Community
Preventing Placement Disruptions in
Foster Care (PDF - 815 KB)
Jones (2008)
State and local examples
Adopt Florida: Support
Explore Adoption
Strengthening Adoptive Families Through Education (SAFE) Program
Children's Home Society of Washington (2009)
View Abstract
Georgia Center for Resources and Support
Georgia Center for Adoption and Foster Care Resources and Support
Self Care for Families (PDF - 73 KB)
Adoption Resources of Wisconsin (2008)
Strengthen Your Forever Family: A Step-by-Step Guide to
Post-Adoption (PDF - 2,743 KB)
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (2011)