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AdoptUSKids provides free, federally funded resources for public child welfare professionals.

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Formerly @NRC_DR. @AdoptUSKidsPros provides free, federally-funded resources for public child welfare professionals. #childwelfare

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Happy Holidays! The AdoptUSKids offices will closed Tuesday, Dec. 24th, Wednesday, Dec. 25th and Wednesday, Jan. 1st. May the joy of family be yours this holiday season and into the new year.

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Recorded webinar, "Bringing joy, humor, and hope to the support group experience," provided guidance so support group leaders can create a culture where members are encouraged to meet their challenges with humor and hope. https://t.co/Y9QsQUo6JX #ChildWelfare #SupportGroups

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Caseworker and recent Minority Professional Development Program (MPLD) participant Greta Archbold writes about why kinship is better for the children and better for the community. https://t.co/9XRQpAOZxf

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Did you know? Families who have seen our PSAs are 3.5 times more likely to consider adopting from foster care. Read about our impact and listen to adoptive families’ stories in this year’s ad series. https://t.co/pmRpB7OkVv

#NationalAdoptionMonth #TeensNeedFamilies

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Today's the day! At 1 pm EST, we’ll be celebrating #NationalAdoptionMonth and 20 years of our impactful adoption campaign in partnership with the Children’s Bureau and the Ad Council. Live stream of the event: https://t.co/PdTdimvahX

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One million children adopted?

Learn more about how the National Adoption Recruitment Campaign, now in its 20th year, has played a role in helping connect roughly one million children and youth in foster care with permanent families. https://t.co/VlFNSiTTNH #NationalAdoptionMonth

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Join us Nov. 21, 1 pm EST for a celebration of National Adoption Month. We'll recognize families, youth, and child welfare professionals, plus 20 years of the adoption awareness campaign. Live stream will be on https://t.co/PdTdimvahX @ACFHHS @AdCouncil

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Save the date! Join us Nov. 21, 1 pm EST for a celebration of National Adoption Month. We'll recognize families, youth, and child welfare professionals, plus 20 years of the adoption awareness campaign. Live stream will be on https://t.co/PdTdimvahX @ACFHHS @AdCouncil

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Here are ten ways agencies can inform families about #adoption support services available to them. Families need to know about these services and that's it's normal to need them. https://t.co/G4HgGRfUKh #ChildWelfare

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We help states, tribes, and territories—and their agency partners— build capacity to recruit, engage, develop, and support foster, adoptive, and kinship families. And our services are always free. Learn more. https://t.co/ZVt9ss1kXg #ChildWelfare #CapacityBuilding

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Resource family recruitment webinar recording: Recruiting foster and adoptive families of color: Stories and strategies from leaders of color in child welfare. https://t.co/QCHiNA3ZlD #ChildWelfare #DiligentRecruitment

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A new resource center, the National Center for Adoption Competent Mental Health Services, recently debuted with the goal of building bridges between child welfare systems and mental health systems. https://t.co/ZA4WgCRlVi #ChildWelfare #MentalHealth

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2020 Minority Professional Leadership Development program candidate Shirley Williams focused on how to increase kinship caregivers and decrease the number of kids aging out of care without support. Here she shared her learnings. https://t.co/UcWzljh6ZF #KinshipCareMonth #MPLD

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A new federal center has been launched to help agencies and staff develop, implement, and sustain post-permanency services that are comprehensive, culturally responsive, and accessible. https://t.co/G1sU2PVioA

#PostAdoptionSupport #ChildWelfare

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AdoptUSKids provides free, time-saving tools and training to help professionals and their organizations serve children and families https://t.co/mJlBogW6z8 #ChildWelfare #Training

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School students may be getting their noses back into books this time of year, but #childwelfare professionals can dive into new books as well. Our new blog post talks about 'bibliotherapy' and has some book recommendations. https://t.co/cGxPl37akz

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Webinar recording: Resources for children with cross-border case needs.

Are you confident you can find, engage, or place a child with family outside of the U.S.? For many child welfare professionals, the answer is probably not. More info here: https://t.co/w4l2lCOxot

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Melissa Fleurio sought a solution to an issue she encountered in her work: many adoptive and guardianship families looked for support only after they were in crisis. How could she get families connected to this information in a way that was effective? https://t.co/zuOWmrsmJZ

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Adoption can be a beautiful thing, but adoptive parenting can bring unique challenges. Share this post on our blog with your families to help them find supports. https://t.co/WQgyjAZLfV #Adoption #Parenting

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"Does AdoptUSKids charge money?"

We connect prospective adoptive families with caseworkers of children and teens in foster care who need a family. As a federally funded national project, we offer our services for free. Learn more: https://t.co/Ra0eIwdExf #Adoption