New Paper Highlights Adoptive and Guardianship Family Outreach Strategies

The National Center for Enhanced Post-Adoption Support, a project of VFA member Spaulding for Children, has released a new paper, Normalizing the Need for Support After Guardianship and Adoption Has Been Finalized. The paper notes that adoptive and guardianship families frequently do not reach out for support until they are struggling. This is often because they may "worry about how their child welfare agency will respond, may not know where or how to access support, or may feel shame about their inability to meet their children’s needs without assistance." The paper highlights multiple strategies and examples of how states have worked to address these concerns.