Category: Family

CCAI Report – What Barriers Remain: Areas of Needed Adoption and Foster Care Reform in the 113th Congress

CCAI REPORT RELEASE

What Barriers Remain:
Areas of  Needed Adoption and Foster Care Reform in the 113th Congress

This coming Saturday, November 23rd, we will celebrate National Adoption Day and approximately 4,500 adoptions of children in foster care that will take place in courthouses across the nation. It is a day of celebration as well as a poignant reminder of the nearly 100,000 children in foster care still awaiting their own adoption day.

The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute exists because we not only believe that every child needs a family, but also that they can find that family – no matter what their age or circumstances. Toward that goal, we continue to raise awareness of the policy barriers that prevent children in the U.S. and around the word from finding their forever families. We will work daily with policymakers to address these barriers until every last one is removed.

We are pleased to announce the release of our report, What Barriers Remain: Areas of Needed Adoption and Foster Care Reform in the 113th Congress.  This report highlights several areas where the U.S. Congress might work to reduce the number of children living without families in the U.S. and abroad.   It is our hope that all who read this new report, from Members of Congress to adoptive parents, Members of the Administration to foster youth, will work in partnership with us until every child in need of a family finds permanency.

What Barriers Remain

 

Angels in Adoption: What does family mean to you?

At CCAI’s recent Angels in Adoption gala, we asked each of our awardees and presenters to submit a family photo along with a quote explaining what family means to them. To join in our celebration of National Adoption Day on November 23rd,  would you consider submitting your own family’s photo and quote to info@ccainstitute.org with “ Family Photo” in the subject line? We might just post it in an upcoming CCAI blog!

"Families don't have to match" - Sean and Leigh Anne Touhy
“Families don’t have to match.”
 Sean and Leigh Anne Touhy
“Family is love, security and people who will encourage you to
follow your dreams.”
George Dennehy
“The family provides the gymnasium in which God enables us to develop spiritual maturity.”
U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black    
“Family is someone who picks you up at the end of a long day” -Kathleen Strottman
“Family is someone who picks you up at the end of a long day”
Kathleen Strottman
"The only thing bigger than time is family; and the only thing bigger than family is God." -Representative Trent Franks
“The only thing bigger than time is family; and the only thing bigger than family is God.”
Representative Trent Franks
“Every child deserves a loving family. We need to do all we can to support the countless families across the country that are willing to open their hearts and their homes to children from across the globe.” -Senator Amy Klobuchar
“Every child deserves a loving family. We need to do all we can to support the countless families across the country that are willing to open their hearts and their homes to children from across the globe.”
Senator Amy Klobuchar
“Family are the people who care for your heart and your spirit, often our circle of friends become a family tribe that grows as we define ourselves through a lifetime of experiences and relationships.”  -Rita Benson LeBlanc
“Family are the people who care for your heart and your spirit, often our circle of friends become a family tribe that grows as we define ourselves through a lifetime of experiences and relationships.” 
Rita Benson LeBlanc
“And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them; and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, ‘Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me.’” – Mark 9:36-37a -Senator Roger Wicker
“And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them; and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, ‘Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me.’” – Mark 9:36-37a
Senator Roger Wicker
“My Family makes me smile and laugh and cry and dance and want to be the best I can be. They are my world, my joy and my greatest love.” -Deborra-lee Furness
“My family makes me smile and laugh and cry and dance and want to be the best I can be. They are my world, my joy and my greatest love.”
Deborra-lee Furness
“My family is built through adoption. My husband was adopted from an orphanage in Ireland when he was 5 years old, and, together, we have brought two wonderful children into our family through adoption. I grew up in a loving and large family and know how important it is for children and adults to have a family they can count on.” -Senator Mary Landrieu
“My family is built through adoption. My husband was adopted from an orphanage in Ireland when he was 5 years old, and, together, we have brought two wonderful children into our family through adoption. I grew up in a loving and large family and know how important it is for children and adults to have a family they can count on.”
Senator Mary Landrieu
“I think it’s important for people to know that we adopted Will before we became rich and famous. And I say that because I think sometimes people think that only the rich and famous have what it takes, the money, the staff, to give a home to a child. But the truth is anyone can do it, once you have committed to make that kind of difference in a child’s life.” -Willie and Korie Robertson
“I think it’s important for people to know that we adopted Will before we became rich and famous. And I say that because I think sometimes people think that only the rich and famous have what it takes, the money, the staff, to give a home to a child. But the truth is anyone can do it, once you have committed to make that kind of difference in a child’s life.”
Willie and Korie Robertson
“Our forever family means everything to us, both in this life and the life to come.” -Jack Gerard
“Our forever family means everything to us, both in this life
and the life to come.”
Jack Gerard