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Clara Andrew (1862 – 6 July 1939) was a British adoption pioneer, activist, and founder of the National Children Adoption Association. She was recognised for her work with Belgian refugees during World War I and later dedicated her efforts to fight against the practice of baby farming in the United Kingdom.
According to the National Adoption Day website, it is a grassroots effort to raise awareness of the more than 108,000 children waiting to be adopted from foster care in the United States. During ...
On National Adoption Day courts and communities in the United States come together to finalize thousands of adoption of children from foster care.More than 300 events are held each year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in November, in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to finalize the adoptions of children in foster care.
In 1980, Piester co-founded the National Committee for Adoption (NCFA, now the National Council for Adoption) to focus on adoption advocacy. Despite opposition from adoption advocates across the country, a Draft Model State Adoption Act was published in February 1980 that would permit adoption records to be opened without regard to promises of ...
These rights frequently center on access to information which is kept sealed within closed adoptions, but also include issues relating to intercultural or international adoption, interracial adoption, and coercion of birthparents. Adoption reform efforts are often led by adoptee rights activists. Books about adoption, many written by adopted people
November has marked National Adoption Month in the US since 1995. Amber Raiken writes about the goals of the month, from showing support to children in the foster care system to highlighting the ...
The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) is an American non-partisan, non-profit organization "dedicated to raising awareness about the millions of children around the world in need of permanent, safe, and loving families and to eliminating the barriers that hinder these children from realizing their basic right to a family."
The first groups were sponsored by adoptees' rights organizations, such as the Adoptees' Liberty Movement Association (ALMA), which was founded by adoptee Florence Fisher in 1971. Soon after, in 1976, Concerned United Birthparents (CUB) was founded by surrendering mother Lee Cambell. [ 1 ]