We Believe

• As a society, we must be very mindful and careful regarding the care of children, from conception to adulthood. Traumas and exposures experienced in childhood will have a life-long impact.
• All children need to grow up in families. Only in a family can a child or adolescent learn how to develop a sense of connection and belonging that will help them form future healthy relationships. There is no substitute for a family.
• Families formed through adoption are uniquely different from families formed through birth. Healthy adoptive families celebrate and acknowledge such differences.
• A permanent family can be a healing place for a wounded child. In a committed, nurturing family, the child can become an adult who succeeds in life.
• The act of searching for one's birth origins is not pathological, but rather is a natural human quest to answer a basic question of identity: Who am I?

We Provide

• A variety of initiatives to identify and to recruit potential adoptive parents
• Information concerning the adoption process
• Training for potential adoptive parents and foster parents
• Management of the State Adoption Exchange (an online database that links children with prospective adoptive parents)
• Minnesota's Waiting Children, an annual publication with descriptions and photos of children waiting for permanent families
• Educational and therapeutic resources addressing some special needs commonly experienced by children who grow up apart from the families into which they were born
• Continuing education and support to people whose lives are impacted by adoption