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...
The Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York is growing! We are looking for an Administrative Assistant for Brooklyn More to come. Watch this space.
Get your tickets for the 35th Annual Foster Care and Adoption Conference!
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.
For our 2024 NYS Foster Care and Adoption Conference, we have already secured KIM STEVENS, ANGELA TUCKER, BRYAN POST AND GRETCHEN SISSON as KEYNOTES! And we are just getting started!
Created as part of the Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York’s Anti-Racism and Social Justice Initiative,  Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Racism on Children’s Mental Health is a resource guide to support the mental health of youth from marginalized groups. Please share it with youth, parents, and professionals!
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.