National Council for Adoption

Constituent services - ncfa served our 114 member Adoption agencies and attorneys, with education, networking, and advocacy resources. We participated in meetings with congressional staff, federal government personnel, think-tanks, and institutions of higher learning. Most notably, we increased our engagement with partner organizations, with 100+ meetings with other Adoption and child welfare-oriented organizations. Ncfa provides resources and support to birth parents, adoptees, adoptive parents, and all others impacted by Adoption.

Conference - ncfa through its annual conference offers continuing eduction and high-caliber training to professionals from the Adoption, social work, and child welfare communities who all share a common commitment to helping children thrive in nurturing, permanent families. The annual conference is an opportunity to highlight ncfa's research projects and findings done in cooperation with Adoption researchers across the country.

Education and communication - ncfa offers free and low-cost webinars to expectant and current adoptive parents, Adoption professionals, and other interested parties, training more than 3,000 people each year. Ncfa also carries out communications campaigns to help the public better understand Adoption and the needs of Adoption families, communicating through National, regional, local, and special-interest media. Ncfa provides social work ce through webinars and our conference, equipping social workers with high-quality, adoption-competent material. Ncfa's e-publication of topical articles, the Adoption advocate, offers critical information on relevant topics for those connected to Adoption.

Research, legislative action, spaudling, general programs