Spotlight on National Adoption Month
This issue of CBX features National Adoption Month and the importance of honoring youth's experiences and perspectives as they navigate the adoption process. Read a message from Commissioner Rebecca Jones Gaston about how professionals can help youth cultivate lasting connections on the path to permanency. This issue also includes valuable resources for professionals and the families they serve.
Each November, we celebrate National Adoption Month by raising awareness of the many children in foster care awaiting loving, permanent homes. This month is also a time to celebrate the professionals who support these young people on their paths to permanency and the families who provide loving, lasting bonds. The theme for this year's National Adoption Month is all about those connections: "Honoring Youth: Strengthening Pathways for Lasting Bonds."
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The 2024 National Adoption Month campaign website has launched on Child Welfare Information Gateway. This year's theme, "Honoring Youth: Strengthening Pathways for Lasting Bonds," emphasizes the importance of uplifting and genuinely listening to the voices of children and youth who are adopted and helping them create lasting connections that embrace and affirm their identity and background.
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The National Council for Adoption recently released a report, Profiles in Adoption: Adult Adoptee Experiences, based on a large-scale survey of 1,247 adults who were adopted. The report sheds light on the experiences and perspectives of adoptees in the United States, offering vital insights for professionals and adoptive families alike.
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Kinship foster families who are thinking about taking the next steps to legal permanency have many options to consider and decisions to make for their child and family’s well-being. These include selecting the most appropriate permanency option based on the child’s unique situation, family preferences, and available resources. Because adoption and guardianship laws are developed and implemented at the state, tribal, and local levels, it’s important that families understand what the paths to permanency look like in their specific locality so they can make the best-informed decision.
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A recent report from the National Center for Enhanced Post-Adoption Support, Post-Permanency Services: A Worthwhile Investment, emphasizes how critical postpermanency services are in promoting child well-being and long-term permanency for adoptive and guardianship families. The publication highlights key research findings on the challenges these families face and how tailored services can provide stability, improve child outcomes, and enhance family functioning.
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