Our mission is to provide Virginia adoption professionals—both public and private agencies and organizations—with useful information that promotes and supports the use of evidence- based practices. Our central focus is on the adoption of children from foster care.
Designed to assist the busy adoption professionals in locating the most relevant, usable information, BestAdoptVA.org provides basic information on key adoption practice issues with links to the most credible sources for more in- depth information.
The Key Issues sub-section focuses on Virginia’s efforts to assist foster children achieve permanency through adoption. Included is information on Virginia’s performance, goals, strategies to achieve goals, and related policy and practice issues. Key issues include:
- Growth in Adoption Population
- Adoption from Foster Care in Virginia
- Concurrent Planning
- Dual Approval/Licensure
- Subsidy
The Promising Practices subsection provides information on a wide range of topics and practices and links to credible sources for more in-depth information. Topics include:
- Adoption from Foster Care
- Adoption-Competent Mental Health Services
- AFCARS (Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System)
- ASFA (Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997)
- Cost-Effectiveness of Adoption
- Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA) of 1994 Openness in Adoption
- Permanency
- Post-Adoption/Adoption Preservation Services
- Preparing Foster/Adoptive/Resource Families
- Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 2001
The Products subsection includes products developed as part of the Quality Improvement Center on Adoption.
- Workbooks
- Papers
- Factsheets
