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Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 2001 to eliminate the barriers that prevent children from being part of a safe, nurturing, and permanent family.
The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute is dedicated to raising awareness about the millions of children around the world in need of permanent, safe, and nurturing families and to eliminating the barriers that hinder these children from realizing their basic right to a family.
The Congressional Coalition on Adoption (CCA) is dedicated to supporting legislation and policy that improves the lives of children and families in the United States and around the world. The CCA is deeply committed to bipartisanship, strengthening famillies, adn permanency.
The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to raising awareness about the millions of children around the world in need of permanent, safe, and loving homes and to eliminating the barriers that hinder these children from realizing their basic right to a family.
On any given day, over 391,000 children are living in the U.S. foster care system and the number has been rising. Over 113,000 of these children are eligible for adoption and they will wait, on average, almost three years for an adoptive family.
Created in 1985, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption (CCA) - the Adoption Caucus - is the largest bicameral, bipartisan caucus in Congress, offering a wide range of programs and holding numerous events throughout the year to engage Members of Congress on permanency policy and programs.
Toria Parsons is the Policy Director of Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. In this role, she implements CCAI’s government relations and congressional educational strategy to facilitate and expand CCAI’s impact among federal policymakers and the child welfare communities.
The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s (CCAI) unique reach to Members of Congress and role as a liaison for national and global child welfare and adoption communities makes it a hub for information and policy change.
The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) serves as an educational resource for Members of Congress and their staff on issues related to adoption, foster care, child welfare, and permanency. CCAI offers helpful information, resources, and opportunities to engage throughout the year.
There are over 145 Members of Congress in the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, Congress' largest bicameral, bipartisan caucus.