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...]

Last Updated: May 29, 2025 Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance Entity, Inc. (IAAME) has confirmed that it will cease serving as a designated accrediting entity. IAAME and the Department are working together to identify a mutually acceptable date upon which IAAME’s work will conclude … [Read more...]

Adoption Advocate No. 183- As we look to the new Congress, the National Council For Adoption team is ready to educate and advocate for our policy priorities. Those issues include, among others, spreading awareness about adoption, protecting those involved with adoption plans, making adoption more … [Read more...]

ALEXANDRIA, VA (March 17, 2025) — A new report, titled Adoption by the Numbers, released by the National Council For Adoption (NCFA) reveals that the number of private domestic adoptions, also known as infant adoptions, have increased in recent years following a decline during the COVID-19 … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Representatives Robert Aderholt (R-AL) and Danny Davis (D-IL) led a bipartisan group of members of Congress in calling on President Trump and the Administration to work on behalf of families devastated by … [Read more...]

NY: Biden's Former Top Child Welfare Appointee Now Leads New York City's Oldest Child Protection Organization Imprint - January 21, 2025 Aysha Schomburg's recently concluded three-year tenure as one of the nation's top child welfare officials is among the most historic: Child poverty and calls … [Read more...]

US: Parental Relinquishments Account for 5% Of Foster Care Entries, Feds Find Imprint - January 15, 2025 A landmark study released today by the Department of Health and Human Services found a significant number of youth enter foster care each year because of child behavioral health issues that … [Read more...]

PA: The Children's Home of York was founded to serve orphans after the Civil War (Opinion) York Daily Record - January 15, 2025 Ara Marguerite Starner was just 2 years old when she entered the Children's Home of York in 1929. Her mom was in bad health and worked but did not bring home enough … [Read more...]

US: President Biden Signs into Law Legislation to Strengthen Child Welfare System and Bolster Child Support Enforcement Efforts, Includes Moore-Led Proposals (Press release) U.S. Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth - January 10, 2025 "As co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, I … [Read more...]

NY: Families Thrive: ACS Prevention Services Spark Hope And Healing Harlem World Magazine - January 07, 2025 Today, the NYC Administration for Children's Services (ACS) released key findings from its annual, "ACS Prevention Family Experience Survey", showing strong satisfaction with the … [Read more...]