Related Resources: Adopting Children from Minority Groups

Related resources with information about adopting children from minority groups, including State and local examples.

Black Adoption Myths and Realities
Duncan
Adoptalk, Summer 2005
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Challenges misperceptions about African-Americans and African-American families that impact views on adoption by African-American families.

Cherokee Nation Permanency Outreach
Cherokee Nation (2004)
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Project to promote the adoption of Cherokee children in compliance with the requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Cherokee Nation: Preserving Our Culture - One Child at a Time
Cherokee Nation
Assists attorneys, private and State agencies, and other tribal agencies to maintain compliance with the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act.

Child Behavioral Outcomes In African American Adoptive Families
Smith-McKeever
Adoption Quarterly, 7(4), 2004
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Examines whether behavioral risk factors found in past studies of (mainly) White adoptions are shared by African-American children adopted by African-American families.

Customary Adoption as a Resource for American Indian and Alaska Native Children
Cross & Fox (2005)
In Child Welfare for the Twenty-First Century: A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs
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Explores the use of customary adoption in Native American tribal communities.

National Indian Child Welfare Association
A comprehensive source of information on American Indian child welfare.

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State and local examples

Adoption Support Alliance Project (ASAP) Final Evaluation Report
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (2002)
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Report on a project established to increase the adoption of minority children in foster care in 13 Texas counties.

The African American Kinship Adoption Project Evaluation Final Report to Medina Children's Services
Medina Children's Services (2002)
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Assessment of a project designed to expedite the kinship adoptions of African-American children through strengths-based family assessment, preadoption preparation of the child and the family, financial assistance, interagency collaboration, recruitment, and postadoption support.

Familias Para Niños: Final Report, 2000-2003
DePelchin Children's Center (2004)
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Discusses the activities and outcomes of a 3-year federally funded program to involve and support the Hispanic/Latino community in adoption services and promote adoption for Hispanic/Latino children waiting in out-of-home care.

La Esperanza Para Los Niños Que Esperan = Hope For Children Who Wait
New York Council on Adoptable Children (2003)
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Project established to increase the adoption of Hispanic children older than 10 years or placed with siblings in the New York City foster care system.

Latino Foster Care and Adoption Project: Final Report
Catholic Charities/Catholic Family Services (2004)
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Summarizes activities to increase placements in Latino homes, improve the efficiency of the licensure process, and achieve permanency for children.

Removing Barriers and Increasing Supports to Minority Children and Families: Final Evaluation Report (PDF - 364 KB)
The Adoption Center for Minority Children at Bellefaire JCB (2002)
Activities and outcomes of the Minority Adoption Project (MAP), a project to overcome barriers and increase minority adoption in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

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