phantomAdoptee's Adoption Links

US Adoption Statistics may surprise you as nearly 100 million Americans have adoption in their immediate family. Learn more here.

From Adoptalk 2018, Issue 4; Adoptalk is a benefit of NACAC membership.  The number of children and teens in US foster care and the number of youth adopted from foster care rose in 2017, according to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS).  Every fiscal year, AFCARS collects data on all the children in foster care and […]

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What the Adoption Agencies & Professionals Don't Want You to Know About Adoption in the USA. The problem is that adoption is a business, a big business. There

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Infant adoption, psychology of the adopted child children, quotes from psychologists, social workers.

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Giving a Voice to Adoption

The survey was entitled “Adult Adoptee Perceptions in Closed Adoption.” A link to the survey (through Survey Monkey) was shared on Facebook, Twitter, and this blog over a 2-week timefra…

Who and What is Adoption Surveys?  About Summary A special survey was created for adult adoptees that was open only for the month of November (2018) which is National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM…

The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) collects case-level information on all children in foster care and those who have been adopted with title IV-E agency involvement.

Provides details on the reasons why children and youth entered care, the number of placement changes children and youth may experience, various reasons they exit care, and the rates of maltreatment in out-of-home care.

Orlando Adoption Network helps Florida families meet others who are involved in all stages of the Adoption Process.

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At a glance, America’s shortage of adoptable babies may seem like a problem. But is adoption meant to provide babies for families, or families for babies?

Following an NPR investigation, the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to state and county officials that lets them stop charging parents whose children are placed in foster care.

Little surprise that when Barrett had the audacity to mention “safe-haven” laws last week, the critics were off to the races

In at least 36 states and the District of Columbia, child welfare agencies use a child's benefit checks to offset the cost of foster care, often leaving them with a tattered safety net as adults.

Adoption has a supply-and-demand problem. Amy Coney Barrett and her pals on the Supreme Court have the solution

It's shockingly easy for CPS to destroy poor, Black families.

Serve a Widow. Fund an Adoption. We’re building a world where finances are no longer an obstacle to adoption.

In my dreams, I am back in Korea, or trying to go back. There is always the feeling of chasing something lost and the relief of finding it.

Dear Adoption, I Am Finally Ready to Face You – The Real You, The Darker You You are not exactly honest all the time. You are not who you say you are. Your meaning changes depending on who defines …

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