Did you know that Confidential Intermediaries who help adoptees and birth families search and reunite with each other use USA census information? This critical list of demographic and household information is released for use in searches every 10 years and provides needed details on individuals and households that support successful searches. It is imperative that
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Understanding foster care, adoption, and adoptee rights
“I feel saddened by the fact that I likely know more about an adoptee’s birth family and early life than they do. This is because most adoptions throughout the twentieth century were closed… [and] due to sealed record laws in the United States, adoptees are not allowed access to their files,…”
Born and Adopted in the 1950s: What We’re Learning from Project Search & Reunion
by Maureen McCauley Amara’s Post-Adoption program has created an important new initiative: Project Search and Reunion.* Under the leadership of our Director of Post-Adoption, Angela Tucker, we are looking through literally thousands of files to ensure that adoptees and birth parents receive the information and support they wanted, especially in regard to searching for their