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Adoption is a beautiful journey that brings families together, but it can also come with significant financial implications. Understanding the Adoption Tax Credit can make a substantial difference in managing [...]
Dear Members of the Senate Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee, As an organization committed to the well-being and empowerment of families for fifty years, Families Rising is [...]
Also announces a new name for the Center for Workforce Equity and Leadership, which will lead the nation in training and support of the child welfare workforce ST. PAUL, [...]
NACAC's 49th annual adoption and foster care conference offers child welfare professionals an amazing opportunity for inspiration, information, and empowerment. With more than 60 workshops covering a wide variety [...]
The North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) board of directors is pleased to announce that, after a nationwide search, it has chosen Ligia Cushman as the organization's new executive [...]
This fall, the US Department of Health and Human Services released the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for fiscal year 2020—October 1, 2019 to September [...]
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 by Mary Boo, executive director Originally published in Adoptalk 2021, Issue 2; Adoptalk is a benefit of NACAC membership. NACAC was deeply disappointed that the US Supreme Court [...]
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Once again, our community is outraged following the police killing of an unarmed Black man—Daunte Wright. The trauma of Mr. Wright’s death is amplified by the [...]
On Monday, February 24, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The case arises from the city’s requirement that its foster care licensing agencies [...]
By Mary Boo In federal fiscal year 2018, according to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), more than 63,000 children and teens were adopted from foster [...]
Today, Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) and Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR) reintroduced the Every Child Deserves a Family Act (ECDF) of 2019 in the US House of Representatives. This bill would [...]
From Adoptalk 2019, Issue 1; Adoptalk is a benefit of NACAC membership In partnership with CHildren Need AMazing Parents (CHAMPS), a national policy campaign to ensure bright futures for kids in foster care [...]
