More than 129,000 foster children need adoptive families. Your donation helps us find loving parents for these children, support adoptive families and raise adoption awareness.
Why do we exist?
CHILDREN NEED FAMILIES
In North America, tens of thousands of foster children and youth who can no longer live safely with their families are waiting for a permanent, loving family. These children, often labeled unadoptable or hard to place, are mostly school aged. They are often brothers and sisters who must be placed together, and many have serious physical, mental, or emotional challenges. Many are children of color. All of them need and deserve a family.
Without a permanent family, foster children and youth may be moved from one home to another and be separated from their brothers and sisters. They too often change schools and neighborhoods, and must cope with new caregivers, teachers, rules, and friends. Each year, more than 20,000 foster youth leave care without a permanent family. These young people are at higher risk of teen pregnancy, homelessness, and unemployment. Many have no one to spend holidays with, no one to be grandparents to their children, and no mom or dad to guide them through the joys and challenges of everyday growing and living.
NACAC CREATES BRIGHTER FUTURES
A nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by adoptive parents, NACAC is dedicated to the belief that each child and youth has the right to a permanent, nurturing, and culturally sensitive family. NACAC’s mission is clear: NACAC promotes and supports permanent families for children and youth in the United States and Canada who have been in care – especially those in foster care and those with special needs. NACAC is committed to meeting the needs of waiting children and the families who adopt them.
What have you accomplished?
“I cannot begin to express how helpful NACAC has been to my family... Resources from your agency have made all the difference in my daughter getting access to care, academic support, and counseling services she needs and will need for years to come.” - adoptive parent
“Thank you, thank you, thank you... When we wanted to add to our family again through adoption, I found myself looking on the internet for more sources and voila!!! NACAC was there to help” - adoptive parent
“After every NACAC conference we return home changed people. Changed because we have seen our future, and we have seen our past. Changed because we are reminded that it is not about us — that it always has been, always will be, and is today about the children. It is about one fact, and one fact alone — that everyone needs a parent and that in finding or being that parent for a child, we will change not only that person, but their children, and their children’s children for generations to come.” - adoptive parent and professional
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