Glossary – Family Building via Adoption & Foster Care
The following is an A-Z of terms commonly used in the process of forming a family via adoption and foster care.
Family Equality Council and COLAGE File Amicus Brief in 3rd Circuit Case Opposing Discrimination By Child Welfare Agencies
“There are many LGBT couples like us who want to create their family through foster care and adoption. However, after facing discrimination in various forms
How Discrimination Against Qualified LGBTQ Parents Almost Stopped One of America’s Most Decorated Pediatric Pulmonologists from Ever Adopting His Daughter
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act
Also known as the "Aderholt Amendment".
Every Child Deserves a Family Act
The Every Child Deserves a Family (ECDF) Act focuses attention on the best interests of children in the foster care system. By eliminating state laws, policies, practices and procedures that exclude potential adoptive and foster parents because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status this bill will dramatically increase access to permanent, loving homes for children living in foster care.
The Nabozny Family’s Foster-to-Adopt Journey
The Nabozny family's adoption success story is a perfect example of the kind of loving family we stand to lose if states are allow to grant a #LicenseToDiscriminate against LGBTQ people in the foster care and adoption system.
Our Adoption Story: On This Night, We Eat Pizza
“At only two short months of age he’d already had a whole life before we ever entered the picture — beginning with nine months in his first mother’s womb and continuing with social workers, cuddlers, doting nurses and doctors, lawyers and judges who made regular visits to this very courtroom…"
