Child Welfare League of America, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Announce Partnership
Submitted by Kerry on Wed, 2009-07-08 16:56.
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July 8, 2009 / earthtimes.org
NEW YORK - (Business Wire) The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute announced they are forming a strategic partnership to enhance the efficacy of their current work, to forge important new projects together and to increase the overall impact of two of the nation’s leading organizations dedicated to helping children and families.
CWLA and the Adoption Institute will remain independent entities, but will formally collaborate on specific research, work products, trainings, advocacy, and other programs and projects designed to improve laws, policies, and practices in the fields of adoption, foster care, and child welfare.
“Creative ideas are essential to good nonprofit management, and that’s especially true in economically challenging times,” said Christine James-Brown, CWLA's President and CEO. “This groundbreaking partnership brings together two highly effective organizations that richly complement each other’s work, so it will enable us to better serve our members, make a greater contribution to the field, and most important, improve the lives of millions of people every day.”
Adam Pertman, Executive Director of the Adoption Institute, added that “this exciting collaboration promises to make a genuine difference for shaping more effective research and policy; for improving education for professionals and parents; and ultimately, as Chris so rightly stressed, for enhancing the prospects for children to live in permanent, loving families—and for those families to succeed.”
A few examples of the wide range of work on which the organizations will initially collaborate are:
In addition, the Adoption Institute will open an office this summer at CWLA headquarters near Washington, D.C., which the Institute will use primarily to focus on its national and state legislative efforts. CWLA will open an office at the Adoption Institute headquarters in New York City, which it will use to broaden contact with and services to its member agencies.
CWLA's mission is “to lead the nation in building public will to ensure safety, permanence, and well-being of children, youth, and their families by advancing public policy, defining and promoting practice excellence, and delivering superior membership services.”
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute's mission is “to provide leadership and support to improve laws, policies, and practices—through sound research, education, and advocacy—to enhance the lives of everyone touched by adoption.”
To request an interview or to learn more about the organizations, contact Pertman at 617-763-0134 or apertmanadoptioninstitute.org, or James-Brown at 703-412-2402 or cjamesbrowncwla org. The Institute’s website is wwwadoptioninstitute org, and CWLA’s website is wwwcwla org.
Since 1920, CWLA has been the nation's preeminent membership-based organization dedicated to ensuring that disadvantaged and vulnerable children are protected from harm and have the tools and resources they need to grow into healthy and happy adults. CWLA is the trusted authority for professionals who work with children and the only national organization with public and private member agencies working across all sectors of the children's services field.
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To the average reader, I suppose news about a joint-effort between two highly regarded organizations working together to find "forever homes" for those languishing in foster care is a wonderful thing. Perhaps if adoption were an ethical practice, ruled by standards that reflect good moral practice (that go beyond salary and profit), I could possibly agree.
Unfortunately, I read "collaborative efforts", "membership services" and "improve the lives of millions", and I think about children like Masha Allen... children sold to pedophiles across the sea.
I wonder how long it will take before the US government decides "what's best" for a certain demographic within the fostered population is placement OUTSIDE the United States?
Hell... it's not like other "great nations" haven't sent their unwanted to strange lands, just to rid themselves of a "social problem". And it's not like "great powers" have not used children to help satiate the sexual needs of those with "special likes" and "special needs".
I shudder to think how this new development.... this combined effort to "reduce the number of children in foster care"... will increase and expand the international adoption market, making many in high-places oh-so-very happy.