National Adoption Month

Learn about the Fostering the Future initiative, which provides educational opportunities and scholarships for children and youth in foster care. Scholarship recipients receive computer science education.

Explore resources highlighting strategies professionals can use to support youth with adoption as a permanency goal and to recognize the importance of family connections, especially those shared by sibling groups.

Find resources to support States, Tribes, and Territories as they develop and sustain comprehensive, culturally responsive, and accessible post-permanency services.

Helps adoptive parents understand their adopted teenager's needs, so they can respond with practical strategies that foster healthy development. It presents tips for talking about adoption and for helping the teenager talk about adoption with his or ...Read More

Explore ways for child welfare professionals to better understand the feelings and emotions children may experience regarding permanency and how to prepare them for placements with families, including adoptive, guardianship and kinship placements.

Find research, training, and tools to help child welfare professionals authentically engage and empower youth in foster care, especially in decisions related to permanency. 

This bulletin can help professionals partner with youth to develop a transition plan that meets Federal requirements and supports their needs.

Learn about the importance of keeping siblings together, applying principles to practice, and sibling group considerations.