Celebrating Women’s History Month
The Coalition honors Florence Fisher, Claudia Corrigan D'Arcy, Annette O'Connell, and all of the women in the adoptee rights movement who continue to change history in the United States.
The Coalition honors Florence Fisher, Claudia Corrigan D'Arcy, Annette O'Connell, and all of the women in the adoptee rights movement who continue to change history in the United States.
"As adoptive and foster parents, we believe our child welfare system needs repair" an Opinion piece in The Hill authored by Coalition Board President Sarah Gerstenzang and her husband Michael. Originally published on March 9, 2024...
This bill would stop the counties form collecting child support/ foster care maintenance payments from impacted parents who have children taken into care and assists with successful family reunification.
IN SUPPORT: Equal Citizenship for Children Act would help intercountry adoptees who are without US citizenship by amending current immigration law, plus making the changes and the law retroactive for people born after 1940.
IN SUPPORT! HR 6700 would require state courts to report the number of private adoptions each year to the Children’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
IN SUPPORT: HR 6220 seeks to reduce unregulated and unethical practices in adoption and prevents the commodification of children.
Requires child protective services to disclose information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation regarding the rights of the person under investigation.
The Protecting All Parents and Adoptees (PAPA) Act would link existing state putative father registries creating a comprehensive national resource to "protect" father's rights and remove barriers in domestic infant adoption.
We believe the extension of the definition of a “prospective relative guardian” for those older children stuck in foster care will provide additional permanency options for youth in danger of again out.
The Preserving Family Bonds Act, which the AFFCNY has opposed since its inception, has, once again, been Vetoed by Governor Hochul.