The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Adoption provides technical assistance and training to states and tribes in an effort to assist in building strong child welfare adoption programs. We tailor the technical assistance we deliver based on the needs and circumstances of the particular state or tribe. We also use the outcome measures and systemic factors of the Children’s Bureau’s Child and Family Services Reviews to guide our assessment of how we might best assist you toward increasing your organization’s capacity in adoption. This may include our Center partnering with other members of the Children’s Bureaus’ Training and Technical Assistance Network to assist with the various components of the issue being addressed.
Areas in which we provide technical assistance and training include:

• Program planning to achieve timely adoption outcomes.
• Utilization of information systems for adoption program planning.
• Developing and sustaining adoption support and preservation services, including Adoption Certification Programs for Mental Health Providers.
• Negotiating Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Agreements.
• Operating under Federal Regulations (AFSA, MEPA/IEP, and ICWA).
• Collaborating with Communities of Faith.
• Developing Culturally Competent Child Welfare Services.
• Preparing and assessing children and youth for adoption, including those with developmental disabilities.
• Making adoption an option for older children and youth.
• Finding and engaging fathers and their families in adoption planning.
• Kinship Adoption.
• Information or research requests on special needs adoption topics

Technical assistance/training provided by our Center is available to states/tribes at no charge if approved by the Regional Office. The Center is available to assist states at any point in the Child and Family Service Review process.

If you are a state or tribe, click here to submit an online request for technical assistance/training.