national adoption month Archives - Transracial Journeys https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/tag/national-adoption-month/ Sun, 17 Nov 2024 22:47:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-Logo-Flare520x520-32x32.jpg national adoption month Archives - Transracial Journeys https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/tag/national-adoption-month/ 32 32 National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM): Embracing a Broader Narrative https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/national-adoption-awareness-month/ Sun, 03 Nov 2024 20:03:17 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=4997 By April Dinwoodie, TRJ Part-time Executive Director, Speaker, Trainer   National Adoption Month (NAM) was officially launched by the U.S. federal government in 1995 under the Clinton Administration, with its roots going back to 1976, when Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis first established an adoption awareness week. The original goal was to promote adoption as a pathway to provide permanent homes for children in foster care, focusing on the need for adoptive families and support within the child welfare system. In recent read more

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