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Online Resources: General Policy, Research & Support for Adoption

Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
A National not-for-profit organization devoted to improving adoption policy and practice founded in 1996, the Evan B. Donaldson Institute improves the lives of people touched by adoption through many avenues including:

  • Offering lawmakers reliable information and practical perspectives to improve adoption laws;
  • Providing the media with a trusted source of information;
  • Encouraging employer support for adoption;
  • Reducing barriers that impede adoption of children who need permanent families;
  • Researching policies and practices that affect adoption;
  • Educating policymakers and the public about he importance of giving adopted people access to information about their origins;
  • Developing a legal framework to ensure access to genetic information and a clear delineation of parental responsibility for children born through reproductive technology;
  • Promoting ethical standards for adoption professionals.

 

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption  
A non-profit public charity dedicated to dramatically increasing the adoptions of the more than 150,000 children in North America's foster care system.  Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's, created the Foundation in 1992 to assure that every child has a permanent home and a loving family.  The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption focuses on increasing adoption awareness while supporting model adoption service programs and is committed to ensuring that adoption from the foster care system is streamlined, affordable and accessible to any family wanting to adopt.  Foundation activities and programs focus on:

  • Heightening the awareness of all foster care children waiting to be adopted
  • Financially supporting model service and awareness programs that directly facilitate permanency through adoption
  • Impacting public policy and child welfare practice making foster care adoption easier and more affordable
  • Developing partnerships at the local and national levels to support foster care adoption efforts

 

National Adoption Center 
Expands adoption opportunities for children living in foster care throughout the US, and is a resource to families and to agencies who seek the permanency of caring homes for children.