Become an Adoption Advocate

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Did you know there are 510,000 children languishing in foster care, and 129,000 of them are waiting to be adopted?

Did you know that while infant adoptions have dropped to 22,000 per year, the numbers of out-of-wedlock births and children in foster care continue to skyrocket?

And did you know that tens of millions of orphans around the world are waiting for a loving, permanent family of their own?

What are you waiting for? Become an Adoption Advocate today and help make a difference in the life of a child. Click here to get started.

NCFA has been a champion of adoption since its founding in 1980. Whether as an advocate for federal and state laws that promote sound adoption policy; a resource for the media, government officials, policymakers, adoption professionals, and the public; a diplomat for sound international adoption policy; or a source of adoption facts and education, the National Council For Adoption (NCFA) is devoted to serving the best interests of children through adoption.

NCFA promotes its agenda and positions through research, education, and communication. As an Adoption Advocate, you will receive regular briefings and updates on adoption related news, legislation, international developments, and issues and activities from around the world.

Topics include:

 

• Presenting adoption as a positive option for unplanned pregnancies
• Acting as global adoption ambassador through international adoption advocacy

• Promoting adoptions out of foster care through court and financing reforms
• Finding families for foster kids through parent recruitment and private agencies
• Upholding the adoptive family as the adopted person’s true and permanent family
• Serving birthmothers through sound counseling
• Making adoption more affordable through the tax credit
• Protecting mutual consent and confidentiality in adoption
• Making adoptions and birthmothers more secure through putative father registries
• Protecting newborns and at-risk parents through Safe Havens
• Being the authoritative nonprofit adoption information clearinghouse
• Promoting adoption awareness and understanding through the media

These topics and many more are examined through regular, timely direct communication.

Click here and become an Adoption Advocate today!