The following articles and research briefs can be very valuable in your advocacy efforts. Read them carefully and look for quotes and other information that can support your cause.
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Background on Post-Adoption Services
- Adoption Support & Preservation Services: A Public Interest, The National Consortium for Post Legal Adoption Services, March 1996
- Adoptive Parent Preparation Project: Phase I – Meeting the Mental Health and Developmental Needs of Adopted Children, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, by Dr. David Brodzinsky, 2008
- An Approach to Post-Adoption Services: A White Paper, Casey Family Services, August 2002
- Creative Strategies for Financing Post-Adoption Services: A White Paper, Casey Family Services, October 2003
- Investing in Adoptive Families: What Adoptive Families Tell Us Regarding the Benefits of Adoption Preservation Services, Adoption Quarterly Vol. 8, Issue 3, by Zosky, Howard, Smith, Howard and Shelvin, October 2005
- Parents and Professionals Identify Post Adoption Service Needs in New York State, New York State Citizens Coalition for Children Survey Report, February 2010
- Post-Adoption Services: Emerging Themes, Issues and Interventions, Casey Family Services, 1996
- Post-Permanency Services, Madelyn Freundlich & Lois Wright for Casey Family Programs, 2003
- Promoting Successful Adoptions: Practice with Troubled Families, Susan Livingston Smith & Jeanne A. Howard, 1999
- The Postadoption Experience: Adoptive Families’ Service Needs and Service Outcomes, Child Welfare League of America, 2006
- A Report to Congress on Barriers & Success Factors in Adoptions from Foster Care: Perspectives of Families and Staff, Children’s Bureau, 2007
- Sustaining Adoptive Families: A Qualitative Study of Public Post-Adoption Services, American Public Human Services Association and the Center for Adoptive Studies, October 2002
- The Value of Adoption, American University Department of Economics Working Paper, by Mary Eschelbach Hansen, December 2006
Research on Particular Post-Adoption Services or Needs
- Post-Adoption Services: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children Adopted from Foster Care, North American Council on Adoptable Children, by Madelyn Freundlich, et al., July 2007
- The Value of Adoption Subsidies: Helping Children Find Permanent Families, North American Council on Adoptable Children, by Madelyn Freundlich, et al., May 2008
Model Programs and Ideas
- Developing a Parent-to-Parent Support Network, North American Council on Adoptable Children, by Janet Jerve, April 2009. http://www.nacac.org/adoptalk/parent2parentnetwork.pdf
- Starting and Nurturing Adoptive Parent Groups: A Guide for Leaders, North American Council on Adoptable Children, by Janet Jerve, October 2002.
- Taking a Break: Creating Foster, Adoptive and Kinship Respite in Your Community, AdoptUSKids, October 2008; updated 2013.
- Creating and Sustaining Effective Respite Services: Lessons from the Field, AdoptUSKids, September 2012.