Publications & Research
Category: Foster Care
Adoption Advocate No. 182 - Deciding to pursue adoption from foster care is often a decision that comes with many questions and considerations for prospective parents. Preparing a house to welcome a child, financing an adoption, and ambiguity about the general process are all implications of the foster care adoption journey. This article will explore practical tools and insights, equipping prospective parents with the knowledge and skills to support children in foster care awaiting a permanent family.
Download the PDF Version Did you know that 30% of the children currently in the U.S. foster care system are waiting to be adopted? This equates to more than 100,000 children, with 27% h...
Updated January 2025 The Adoption Tax Credit can significantly offset the costs and fees of an adoption process, but prospective adoptive parents need to ensure they understand the basics before de...
Adoption Advocate No. 162
Renewed discussion of racial inequality throughout the U.S. has revitalized attention to racial disproportionalities in the child welfare system and how they might best be addressed. The Multiethni...
Adoption Advocate No. 153
Transparent and effective child advocacy requires adoption agencies to weigh important ethical considerations and follow best practices. In this issue of the Adoption Advocate, Jennifer Lanter and ...
Adoption Advocate No. 150
Download PDF At various times throughout the year, we are immersed as a culture in times of annual celebration that are strongly linked to traditions, memories, friends, and family. Whi...
Adoption Advocate No. 148
In 2019, 23 percent of all children in foster care were 13-17 years old, and nearly 6 percent of those were adopted that same year.1 While international adoptions have declined overall since 2005,...
Adoption Advocate No. 83
May is National Foster Care Month. In this month's issue of NCFA's Adoption Advocate, Dr. Wayne Sharp lays out the enormous social and economic cost when youth age out of foster care - as approxim...