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Transracial/Transcultural Families

Tips and considerations for professionals and families who have adopted or are considering adopting transracially or transculturally.

 

 

Selected Resources

A Guide to the Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 as Amended by the Interethnic Provisions of 1996
Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1998)
Provisions, common questions, and checklists for implementation.

Information Packet: Domestic Transracial Adoption (PDF - 98 KB)
National Resource Center for Foster Care & Permanency Planning (2002)
Includes information on the challenges children face when they are adopted transracially and offers strategies for supporting families who have adopted a child from a different racial or ethnic background.

Transracial Adoption and Foster Care
Crumbley (1999)
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This reference for child welfare professionals provides guidelines for serving transracial adoptive and foster care families.

Transracial Adoption Resources
New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc.
Publications, articles, research, and links to additional information on transracial and transcultural adoption and foster care.

 

 

Related Information Gateway Topics

Achieving & maintaining permanency: Permanency for children from minority groups
Achieving & maintaining permanency: Permanency for youth from minority groups
Systemwide: Disproportionality

 

 

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