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Helping Your Child Move from Anti-Social to Pro-Social Behaviors

This article is written by NCAP's COO, Allison Davis Maxon, LMFT and was featured in the North American Council on Adoptable Children's...

Concord Adoption Agency Closure Causes Widespread Anxiety, Confusion Across the US

Excerpt: Pertman said IAC’s failure is “ a big red flag” that Americans should rethink their approach to private adoptions, an experience...

Adoption Agency Collapse Leaves Trail of Anguish, Raises Questions About Oversight

Excerpt: "The reality is that adoption can be a lengthy and expensive long shot. Only about 14,000 infants are adopted within the United...

Hundreds of families left stranded after California adoption center closure

This article was published on February 4, 2016, in the Sacramento Bee. To read the full article, click here. Excerpt: “The pressure on...

After KS Boot, ‘Tinder for Adoption’ Is Now On Indiegogo Despite Community Outrage

Published January 24, 2017, on Observer. UPDATE: Within hours of its Indiegogo launch, Adoptly's campaign on the platform has been...

Wendy's franchise owner bikes across U.S. in support of adoption

This was published December 21, 2016 in the Chicago Tribune. To read the full article, click here. Excerpt: Anderson's timing of his...

Rising: Native American students find a voice at CSUMB

Published December 15, 2016, on California State Bay University Monterey Bay Magazine by By Scott Roark To read the full article, click...

NCAP Announces Partnership with Family Equality Council and more

NCAP Announces Partnership with Family Equality Council • Also Launches New Senior Research Fellows Program • And Expands its Leadership...

ALMA - The Adoptees' Liberty Movement Association (ALMA)

ALMA, the pioneer organization in fighting for the rights of adoptees everywhere, is the oldest, most comprehensive, and successful...

A New Metric: The Family Success Model

Interview with Adam Pertman by Jane Samuel, JD for the August 2016 issue of Therapeutic Parenting Journal: Excerpt: "...our adoption...

Adoptive Families Still Face Bumpy Roads in the Classroom

Published on Lavender Luz on August 18, 2016 Introduction: As children around the country head back to school, Adam Pertman shares an...

Boston Clinic Finds Higher Rates Of Adoption Among Transgender Children

On-air August 1, 2016, on WBUR 90.9 in Boston, MA Excerpt: “Before I started seeing transgender kids, it would not have occurred to me...

Can I Trust You?

This was a Post and Courier special investigation into prospective parents who fall victim to con artists looking to steal hope, not...

Feds deny student visa to Ugandan teen orphan

Published on IndyStar on June 24, 2016 Excerpt: “From the adoption model, you can understand that they want to be very careful,” said...

NCAP Forms Partnerships with Key U.S. and U.K. Education Organizations

New Relationships with Foster Parent College, British Adoption & Fostering AcademyAre Designed to Expand Work for Children, Promote...

Becoming a father - a choice for more single men

Published June 19, 2016, in Courier-Journal Excerpt: "Single men adopting children is a nationally growing trend. “It’s happening...

Adoptees have a right to access their identity

Published May 24, 2016, in Boston Globe: Excerpt: " In the past, opponents of moves to open up access to birth certificates have cited...

Experts question practices in Allegheny County contested adoption case

Published on April 20, 2016 in Pittsburgh Post-Gizette: Excerpt: Adam Pertman, the founder of the National Center on Adoption and...

At 'match events,' looking for a new family

Published on April 18, 2016, on Philly.com Excerpt: Years ago, match events were controversial, criticized as child-shopping, said...

Why more women want two dads to adopt their babies

Published in Cosmopolitan on March 19, 2016 Excerpt: "Some adoption experts say they've seen an increase in same-sex couples looking to...