US: Drowning and Forgotten: Former Foster Youth with Disabilities (Commentary) Imprint - January 03, 2023 Aging out of foster care is already hard for the average foster youth, but it can be even harder when that foster youth has a disability. Having a disability compounds the financial … [Read more...]

US: Federal Adoption Law Leads States To Prematurely Separate Families (Includes video) Reason - January 03, 2023 Between 2015 and 2019, parents of roughly 327,000 children across the country saw their parental rights terminated. In 20 percent of those cases, parents lost their rights less than a … [Read more...]

Join NACAC in asking Congress to include the Adoption Tax Refundability Act in year-end legislation! The current adoption tax credit is non-refundable and therefore doesn't benefit children adopted by families who have lower or moderate incomes. The Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act (H.R. … [Read more...]

US: An Open Adoption Means 'Extra Love And Family' - If All Goes Well (Commentary) Huff Post - November 16, 2022 The idea that birth (or "first") families could remain in contact with adoptive families represents a dramatic shift from how adoptions were approached decades ago. Back then, records … [Read more...]

US: Strain on 'grandfamilies': Grandparents raising grandkids face high levels of food insecurity (Requires subscription) (Includes audio) (Includes video) USA Today - November 18, 2022 About 2.5 million children nationwide are members of grandfamilies, according to the report, which examined U.S. … [Read more...]

US: With a Focus on Prevention and Kinship Care, Number of Children Entering Foster Care Decreases for the Fourth Consecutive Year (Press release) U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families - November 04, 2022 National foster care and adoption data … [Read more...]

US: Survey Shows More Families Consider "Building" through Adoption (Includes audio) Public News Service - November 09, 2022 November is National Adoption Month, a chance to raise awareness about Florida kids waiting to be adopted into a "forever" home and family. A survey commissioned this year … [Read more...]

US: Grandfamilies Face Food Insecurity As Holidays Approach LA Weekly - November 08, 2022 As we prepare to celebrate abundance, family, and food during Thanksgiving, many caregivers of children will be fretting about the evening meal as food costs soar this holiday season. A new report released by … [Read more...]

New York High Court Favors Out-of-State Parents Seeking Custody of Foster Children New York’s highest court has weighed in on an agreement between all 50 states governing the safe placement of foster children, finding that it should not be used to deny or delay custody to parents who happen to … [Read more...]

NY: At the Start of Adoption Awareness Month, Governor Hochul Announces $4.7 Million for Adoption-related Services (Press release) Office of Kathy Hochul, Governor for New York - November 01, 2022 Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $4.7 million in federal funding to support a broad range of … [Read more...]