Dear Secretary Rubio and Assistant Secretary Namdar, We write to you on behalf of American families with pending intercountry adoption cases, who are concerned recent travel restrictions will impede their ability to unite with their adopted children. CCA Co Chair Letter to State Department re … [Read more...]

For intercountry adoptees, moments like this—when immigration enforcement is highly visible and emotionally charged—can stir deep uncertainty around safety, belonging, and identity. This isn’t just a political issue; it’s a profoundly personal reckoning with our status as immigrants. Even adoptees … [Read more...]

The U.S. government has announced a suspension of immigrant visa processing in 75 countries, with no exceptions for international adoptions. As a result, adoptive families and children are being left in an impossible situation. Families are unable to bring their legally adopted children … [Read more...]

The South Korean government is preparing to end overseas adoptions by 2029, shifting responsibility for adoption from private agencies to the state in a move officials say is aimed at strengthening child protection. Korea moves to end overseas adoptions by 2029 - The Korea Herald … [Read more...]

New Jersey’s child care assistance program is accepting new applications following months of campaigning by advocates who said more parents need the assistance, a move state officials said should extend aid to 75,000 children. NJ reopens child care assistance applications • New Jersey Monitor … [Read more...]

Fostering the Future for American Children and Families Fostering the Future for American Children and Families – The White House … [Read more...]

As thousands of Chinese families take DNA tests, the results are upending what adoptees abroad thought they knew about their origins. The Chinese Adoptees Who Were Stolen | The New Yorker … [Read more...]

This article summarizes findings from a study of barriers to finalizing adoptions for prospective adoptive parents (PAPs), identified by a research project initiated and funded by Gift of Adoption (GOA), a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide assistance grants to complete the … [Read more...]

National Council For Adoption Applauds Congress, President for Making Adoption Tax Credit Partially Refundable Alexandria, VA — National Council For Adoption (NCFA) applauds Congress and the president for enacting a bipartisan-supported policy provision that makes the adoption tax credit … [Read more...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After years of delay, South Korea has ratified the Hague Adoption Convention, an international treaty meant to safeguard international adoptions, highlighting a significant policy shift decades after sending tens of thousands of children to the West through an aggressive … [Read more...]