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Saturday, November 5, 2011

National Adoption Month

November is National Adoption Month

There are 107,000 children and youth waiting for permanent families in the U.S. foster care system. November is National Adoption Month, a month set aside to raise awareness about the adoption of children and youth from foster care.

The 2011 National Adoption Month website, created in partnership with AdoptUSKids, is designed to help adoption professionals build capacity to recruit and retain parents for the children and youth in foster care. The site provides resources and tools, along with State and local examples that promote the following five themes:
  • Supporting and Retaining Families
  • Doing Diligent Recruitment
  • Working With Diverse Populations
  • Doing Proactive Family Finding
  • Facilitating Interjurisdictional Placements
Bookmark the National Adoption Month website today: www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/nam/index.cfm
For more information and other adoption resources, contact Child Welfare Information Gateway at 800.394.3366 or info@childwelfare.gov.

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