According to a coalition of child welfare advocates appealing for change, there would be fewer children stuck in foster care if authorities reduced red tape and standardized procedures encouraging more adoptions across state lines. Many children spend years waiting in foster care even while there are families willing to adopt them. The reason they wait is because of all the artificial barriers the red tape generates.
Proposals generated by these interstate adoption advocates included requests to:
• Standardize home study courses.
• Adjust the federal adoption incentive policy so that both the sending and receiving states are rewarded for successful interstate adoptions.
The report cited the following federal data:
There were 4,600 interstate adoptions out of 690,000 children adopted from the U.S. foster care system between 1998 and 2009. …show more content…
Recent federal count leaves the number of children in foster care nationwide at 408,000. More than 100,000 were eligible to be adopted at the time of the count. The problems are very apparent, and while it seems simple to come up with a solution advocates have been battling for years to eliminate the barriers to interstate adoptions. The battle will, undoubtedly, continue for years to come.
Many are, even now, attempting to fix the system. In the meantime, we have to address the problem from a different angle so that children in need of a home and prospective parents aren’t kept from each other. If you’re interested in addressing the problem of interstate adoption, get in touch with an experienced family law attorney with a history of success at navigating the red tape that seems designed to prevent interstate adoption. Contact Arizona Family Law Attorneys to discuss your
Proposals generated by these interstate adoption advocates included requests to:
• Standardize home study courses.
• Adjust the federal adoption incentive policy so that both the sending and receiving states are rewarded for successful interstate adoptions.
The report cited the following federal data:
There were 4,600 interstate adoptions out of 690,000 children adopted from the U.S. foster care system between 1998 and 2009. …show more content…
Recent federal count leaves the number of children in foster care nationwide at 408,000. More than 100,000 were eligible to be adopted at the time of the count. The problems are very apparent, and while it seems simple to come up with a solution advocates have been battling for years to eliminate the barriers to interstate adoptions. The battle will, undoubtedly, continue for years to come.
Many are, even now, attempting to fix the system. In the meantime, we have to address the problem from a different angle so that children in need of a home and prospective parents aren’t kept from each other. If you’re interested in addressing the problem of interstate adoption, get in touch with an experienced family law attorney with a history of success at navigating the red tape that seems designed to prevent interstate adoption. Contact Arizona Family Law Attorneys to discuss your