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NACAC...
because every child has the right to a permanent, nurturing, and culturally sensitive family
In North America, tens of thousands of children cannot remain with their birth families. These children—once labeled unadoptable or hard to place—are mostly school-aged. Some are brothers and sisters who must be placed together. Some are drug-exposed or medically fragile. Most have physical, mental, or emotional difficulties. Many are children of color. All need loving families.
Founded in 1974 by adoptive parents, the North American Council on Adoptable Children is committed to meeting the needs of waiting children and the families who adopt them. For more information about NACAC, click on the Services link or download our most recent annual report.
Help Support NACAC's Mission
If you'd like to help support adoptive families and find homes for the thousands of foster children who need a family, please consider making a donation to NACAC. We depend upon public donations to continue our efforts, and you can make a contribution today through our secure server. You will receive notice of your gift for tax purposes.
“NACAC is an introduction to innovation, progressive thinking, and forward-moving by people who are always looking for ways to do what we do better, faster, and smarter; ...
NACAC is a beacon of hope, a statement of steadfast faith, and a promise of unconditional love for children of all kinds...;
and finally NACAC is a force drawing us
together to keep moving forward until
every child has at least one adult completely committed to them for life.”
— adoptive parent and professional
NACAC's Strategic Plan
In 2005, NACAC embarked on a strategic planning process to map out our priorities over the next three years. In March 2006, the board adopted a three-year plan with new mission and vision statements, identified core organizational values, and decided on key three-year goals:
Vision 2015 (What is different in the world of NACAC’s stakeholders because of NACAC?)
Children and youth in care—especially those in foster care and those with special needs—have joined permanent families that are supported by their communities.
Mission
NACAC promotes and supports permanent families for children and youth in the U.S. and Canada who have been in care—especially those in foster care and those with special needs.
Core Values
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Families — Every child and youth should have a permanent, loving family.
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Racial and Ethnic Identity — Children must be supported in their right to a strong and positive cultural, racial, and ethnic identity.
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Empowered Parents — Adoptive parents provide some of the best, most meaningful support to other adoptive families.
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Connected Communities — Supported, informed communities can work together to effectively promote and support permanent families for foster children.
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Grassroots Advocacy — People personally touched by adoption and foster care are best able to guide efforts to improve child welfare policy and practice.
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Organizational Excellence — NACAC is a strong, evolving, and viable learning organization.
Three-Year Goals
- Parent Leadership Capacity Building — NACAC will increase its capacity building by 30 percent in the U.S., 100 percent in Canada, and 20 percent in Minnesota.
- Advocacy — NACAC will increase its advocacy efforts by 30 percent via: 1) proactively pursuing a research agenda and legislative change at the US national level; and 2) further building the advocacy capacity of local parent groups in the US and Canada.
- Organizational Viability — NACAC will strengthen its organizational viability in both finance and operations. Financially, NACAC will increase general revenue by 5 percent per year, including a 10 percent increase in donations per year. Operationally, NACAC will maintain a healthy, increasingly diverse, learning organization that is well governed and achieves significant outcomes for families and children.
- Education and Information Sharing — NACAC will educate 10 percent more adults who care for and provide services to children in the U.S., 100 percent more in Canada, and 10 percent more in Minnesota.
- Adoption Support — NACAC will maintain its current level of service in adoption support, while increasing the quality of our materials, particularly with respect to Canada. In Minnesota, we will increase MN ASAP program capacity to meet increasing demand of about 5 to 10 percent per year.
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