NASAP
The purpose of the National Association of State Adoption Programs (NASAP) is to provide a forum in which State Adoption Program Managers can pool their expertise and to promote networking activities as an association with other direct child welfare entities and individual professionals so that each State can develop and maintain an efficient, state-of-the-art adoption program.
NASAP Membership
NASAP charges no membership fee. All State Adoption Program Managers are considered NASAP members and their active participation is strongly encouraged. View NASAP Member List
Executive Committee
The association is guided by an Executive Committee (EC) which is elected at the annual meeting. Members include a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary and four members-at-large. The EC serves two year terms with half elected each year. They hold monthly conference call meetings and meet at the end of each annual meeting.
Annual Working Meeting
Since 1998, members of NASAP have held an Annual Working Meeting in Washington, D.C. Members unable to attend the Annual Working Meeting may review the web cast archives of the event, as well as, download meeting information and handouts from each presentation.
NASAP’s 2011 Annual Working Meeting will take place Friday, October 14, 2011, immediately following the Children’s Bureau’s Policy to Practice Dialogue. All meetings will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia.
For more information about the Annual Working Meeting or NASAP activities, please contact Ingrid Parks at (248) 443-0306 or iparks@nrcadoption.org
Goals for 2010-2012
- Increase attendance at the NASAP Annual Working Meeting.
- Increase opportunities for informal sharing/relationship building among NASAP members.
- Establish, build, and/or strengthen mutually supportive relationships between NASAP and other child welfare peer organizations such as the National Association of State Foster Care Managers (NASFCM), the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (AAICAMA), etc.
- Assure continuity and progress toward fulfilling stated mission and goals of the Association.
- Encourage and support collaboration among individual Association members as well as with members of partner child welfare peer associations and other national organizations for the attainment of positive individual child and family, county, state and national outcomes.
- Achieve full utilization of technical assistance to NASAP by the National Resource Center for Adoption and the Children’s Bureau’s Training and Technical Assistance Network.
Children’s Bureau’s Training and Technical Assistance Network
The National Resource Center for Adoption provides guidance, coordination, and leadership development to the National Association of State Adoption Programs (NASAP). The National Resource Center for Adoption is also one of eleven Centers, funded by the Children’s Bureau to build the capacity of State, Tribes, territories and courts through the provision of training, technical assistance, research, and consultation on the full array of Federal requirements administered by the Children’s Bureau.
These Centers conduct needs assessments, provide on-site technical assistance, identify and disseminate best practices, and coordinate and collaborate with other NRCs and agencies.
For additional information about the T/TA Network, click here.
For additional information, please call (248) 443-0306 or email the NRCA at nrc@nrcadoption.org
