Commentaries

Helping adoptive families thrive

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Adopted children and families need specialized mental health care. New training helps psychologists...

California Plan Will Nearly Triple State Spending on Foster Youth and Their Caregivers

June 28th 2024: This week Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature reached a budget agreement that includes a remarkable $1...

Inside Texas' 'manipulative' adoption marketing campaign that targets young women and teen girls

Story by Julian Gill, Staff writer, Houston Chronical. Since Texas banned virtually all abortions, Texans may have seen a rosy message...

Family Ties: Inside Rhode Island's Evolving Adoption Policies

https://www.rimonthly.com/rhode-island-adoption-policies/From the Rhode Island Monthly. Adam Pertman is quoted regarding the need for...

Little known Florida list makes it easier to remove an unmarried birth father's rights

NCAP president Adam Pertman is interviewed and comments

How The Private Adoption Industry Reaps Profits — And Causes Problems

A web of consultants, facilitators and other middlemen have made private adoption a lucrative business. But the profit motives can leave...

Overview of the Youth Acceptance Project

Family Builders has developed the Youth Acceptance Project, now available in five States. Director Jill Jacobs speaks about this...

NCAP TEAM and PROJECTS

Welcome new team members and three new and exciting projects

The Modern Adoptive Study

by David Brodzinski Ph.D. For 20 years, The Donaldson Adoption Institute was a leader in research on the adoption and foster care...

The Time for Standardized Services to Support Families is Now

By Graham Wright, M.Phil., MSW NCAP Team Member A new report from AdoptUSKids, titled “Post-adoption support across the country: Themes...

Post Adoption Support across the country: Themes and Opportunities

Between 2019 and 2021, AdoptUSKids surveyed states and territories to learn more about what post-adoption and guardianship services look...

The American Adoption industry

Elle UK interviewed NCAP's Adam Pertman regarding dollars in adoption. Here's the official link: Inside America’s Adoption Fraud Industry

Announcing a Seven Core Issues Webinar with Sharon Kaplan and Allison Maxon - September 23rd, 2022.

Who: Trauma experts/authors Sharon Kaplan Roszia and Allison Davis Maxon What: An NCAP webinar based on their new “Seven Core Issues...

Seven Core Issues Workbook is published

NCAP members Allison Maxon and Sharon Roszia announce the publication of their workbook for the parents of traumatized children and...

Roe vs. Wade and Safe Havens

NCAP has not weighed in on the Supreme Court decision per se, but the decision includes some alarming assumptions that affect adoption....

Abortion Decision and Adoption

With the overturn of Roe, babies have turned into a business for those who are healthy and wealthy enough, according to Adam Pertman, the...

Understanding Options Counseling Experiences in Adoption:

A Qualitative Analysis of First/Birth Parents and Professionals March 2017 ELISSA MADDEN, PHD, SCOTT RYAN, PHD, DONNA AGUINIGA, PHD, OLGA...

Americans have rushed to rescue Ukrainian orphans. One mission led to a child trafficking probe.

Americans have rushed to rescue Ukrainian orphans. One mission led to a child trafficking probe CNN Adam Pertman, president of a policy...

Old Lessons for a New World

Applying Adoption Research and Experience to Assisted Reproductive Technology Policy & Practice Perspective February 2009 Funded and...

A New Organization and a New Focus: Enabling Children and Families to Succeed.

When families struggle to address the consequences of children's early adversity, they should be able to receive -- as a matter of course...