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Official page for National Council For Adoption www.adoptioncouncil.org We believe every child deserves a nurturing, permanent family!

America's leading adoption advocacy nonprofit and the voice for children waiting to be adopted.

05/12/2026

Big news from NCFA! We are thrilled to welcome Kate Kennedy as our next President & CEO.

Kate has spent her career advancing outcomes for children and families through nonprofit leadership, advocacy, and fundraising. We are excited for her to officially join NCFA on May 18 and help lead the organization into the future.

Join us in welcoming Kate to the NCFA family ❤️

Read more: https://adoptioncouncil.org/press-release/national-council-for-adoption-names-kate-kennedy-as-president-and-ceo/

04/28/2026

Finishing strong, together.

As we head into the final stretch of our fiscal year, National Council For Adoption is proud to welcome a new slate of Board officers, led by incoming Chair, Jane Castanias.

We’re deeply thankful for the leaders who have guided us and excited for what’s ahead. Right now, our focus is clear: finishing the year strong so we can continue serving children, families, and professionals across the adoption community.

If NCFA’s work matters to you, we invite you to be part of this moment. Every contribution helps move this mission forward.

💙 Give today: https://adoptioncouncil.org/donate
🧡 Learn more about our new Board leadership: https://adoptioncouncil.org/press-release/national-council-for-adoption-introduces-new-officers-for-the-board-of-directors-3/

04/17/2026

🖥️Live Webinar Alert!🖥️

Join us for an important conversation about
Advancing Cultural Competence in Adoption: Frameworks for Inclusive and Ethical Practice

📆Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026
⏰Time: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST
💻Online | Free to Attend

This webinar explores how key aspects of identity—including race, ethnicity, native language, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability—and racism shape the experiences of expectant/birth families, adoptees, and pre/post adoptive families.

🔗Register now using the link in comments.

04/03/2026

📬 You’ve Got Mail 📬

The latest issue of Adoption Matters recently hit inboxes. Didn’t receive it? Subscribe at the link in comments 🖇️

03/31/2026

🗣️ Adoption Advocate No. 194 🗣️

Explore how open communication about adoption supports children’s healthy development and helps parents make adoption stories a natural part of family life.

All this and more in the latest issue of the Adoption Advocate.

✍️: Elisa Rosman, PhD, MA

Link in comments 🔗

adoption | adoption stories | family is everything

03/25/2026

🐦⏰Early Bird Deadline Ends Tomorrow 🐦⏰

Register today for the National Adoption Conference 2026.

Featured in the video is child-welfare advocate Chauncey Strong, MSW, delivering his presentation during the 2025 National Adoption Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Link in comments 🔗

03/20/2026

✨ Thank you, ADOPT Act House sponsors ✨

Here is a rundown of the latest bipartisan representatives to sign on to the ADOPT Act, which would protect expectant mothers and prospective adoptive families from transactional, predatory adoption intermediaries and help ensure adoption remains a trusted path to permanency for children in need of loving, safe homes.

THANK YOU, Reps. Vindman, Kelly, Harshbarger, Shreve, Schweikert, Smith and Craig!

Link in comments to learn more about the ADOPT Act and how it helps families📎

03/16/2026

💻 Register today 💻

Here’s to our lovely exhibitors from National Adoption Conference 2025. There’s still time to sign up for NAC 2026! Register using the link in comments 🔗

03/12/2026

🗞️ Adoption in the Opinion Section 🗞️

Congress needs to clean up the bad actors in the child-welfare space to ensure adoption remains a trusted, affordable path to permanency for kids in need of forever families. Do you agree? Link in comments to read Leah's latest op-ed in The Imprint.

03/11/2026

🖥️ Live Webinar Alert! 🖥️

Join us for an important conversation about

Attachment Foundations: Building Secure Bonds in Adoption and Foster Care

📅 Date: Thursday, April 2, 2026

🕐 Time: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST

💻 Online | Free to Attend

This webinar offers adoptive, foster, and kinship caregivers, as well as the professionals who support them, a practical understanding of how early life experiences shape attachment, behavior, and relationships.

🔗 Register now using the link in comments

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431 North Lee Street
Alexandria, VA
22314

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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+17032996633

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http://www.adoptioncouncil.org/

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