Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
About Us
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute's mission is to provide leadership that improves adoption laws, policies and practices - through sound research , education and advocacy -in order to better the lives of everyone touched by adoption. In order to achieve its goals, the institute conducts and synthesizes research; offers education to inform public opinion; promotes ethical practices and legal reforms; and works to translate policy into action.
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Articles by Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
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Safeguarding the Rights and Well-Being of Birthparents
Each year in the United States, approximately 14,000 women and a growing number of men make an agonizing parenting...
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The Future of Adoption for Children in Foster Care: Demographics in a Changing Socio-Political Environment
As the next century unfolds, adoption will be affected, as it has in the past, by a range of economic, social, and...
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Adoption in the Schools: A Lot to Learn
As adoption becomes increasingly normalized in the United States, more and more adoptive families are confronting a...
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Expanding Resources for Children: Is Adoption By Gays and Lesbians Part of the Answer for Boys and Girls Who Need Homes?
It is a mantra of political rhetoric, a guiding principle of professional policy and practice, and an explicit goal of...
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2002 National Adoption Attitudes Survey
Executive Summary In America today, more than 134,000 children wait in foster care for adoptive homes. That is more...
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The Americans With Disabilities Act: What Adoption Agencies Need To Know
The Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA], signed into law on July 26, 1990, prohibits discrimination on the basis of...
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Adoption in the Schools: A Lot to Learn
Executive Summary "I know that all families are good - my teacher taught me that." As adoption becomes increasingly...
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Adoptive Parent Preparation Project Phase I
Executive Summary Changes in the institution of adoption over the past few decades have resulted in many questions...
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What's working for Children: A Policy Study of Adoption Stability and Termination
Executive Summary Increasingly over the past 25 years – as a result of professional consensus that children benefit...
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Listening to Parents: Overcoming Barriers to the Adoption of Children from Foster Care
Executive Summary Each year, public and private child welfare agencies spend tens of millions of dollars to recruit...
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