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Adoptive Parents

The adoption process itself can be quite a challenge, but the real journey begins after your child has joined your family. NCFA is here to help you meet the unique needs of your child by providing trusted guidance and support every step of the way, whether you’re navigating an open adoption, looking for trauma-informed parenting expertise, or hoping to connect with professionals for support and services.

Considering Adoption or in Process to Adopt? We Can Help.

NCFA provides prospective adoptive parents with accurate, reliable, expert-based information about adoption to help you make the next decision that is right for you.

Information for Pre-Adoptive Parents

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Research & Advocacy

Publications
Articles
Recorded Webinars
Research & Advocacy

Find an Agency or Attorney

Search NCFA's Member Directory to find an adoption professional to assist you with a range of services including: homestudies; placement services; expectant parent counseling; birthparent support; legal services; search and reunion guidance; and post adoption support.

Pursuing International Adoption? Agency requirements are different than domestic adoptions. Before searching the Directory, learn more by clicking here.

Not sure which one you need? Click here to find out.

We're with you

Adoption is beautiful, but we understand it’s also complex. It means trauma and healing, hurt and compassion, heartbreak and hope -- all side by side. Since 1980, we’ve been working in the adoption community to not only advocate for children in need of a nurturing, permanent family but also equip families built through adoption and foster care with the resources to thrive. We bring together expert resources in fields like attachment theory, the legal process of adoption, trauma-informed parenting, and more so that adoptive parents, and their children, feel supported every step of the way.

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Research and Advocacy for Adoptive Parents

Adoption by the Numbers

NCFA is the only organization that provides a national and state-by-state count of the number of private domestic adoptions, adoptions from foster care and intercountry adoptions. Check out the 2021 and 2022 numbers.

Get the Facts

Profiles in Adoption

What are adoptive parents and families like? How has that changed over time? What can we learn from their experiences in the process and as adoptive parents? In the largest national survey of adoptive parents to date, NCFA answers these and many other key questions.

Read the Report

Adoption Advocacy

Need assistance with your adoption case? Want to bring about change in adoption policies and improve adoption laws at the federal level? We have advocacy resources at your fingertips.

Advocacy Assistance

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