Introduction
Operated by the Adoption Exchange Association since 2002 through cooperative agreements, AdoptUSKids is a service of the U.S. Children’s Bureau. The mission of AdoptUSKids is two-fold: to raise public awareness about the need for foster and adoptive families for children in the public child welfare system and to help U.S. States, Territories, and Tribes recruit and retain foster and adoptive families and connect them with children.
This guide is intended to equip State, Tribal, and Territorial child welfare managers and administrators — as well as family support organizations — with current information about effective strategies for developing data-driven family support services and research findings to help them make the case for implementing and sustaining these services.
