Organizational Partners
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute has partnered with the following organizations.
Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children
In 1996, seeing a need for an independent and unbiased adoption research and policy organization, the Board of Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children created the Adoption Institute. The Institute was named in memory of Evan B. Donaldson, who was a member of the Spence-Chapin Board of Directors continuously from 1977 on, serving as president from 1986 until her death in 1994. Mrs. Donaldson was energetically involved in the planning of the Institute. Since creating the Institute with a substantial initial gift, Spence-Chapin has continued to provide generous annual operating support, as well as guidance and a vital, ongoing connection to the "front lines" of adoption, as practiced by one of the nation's premiere agencies since its founding in 1908. Its Executive Director, Katharine Legg, serves as a member of the Adoption Institute's Board of Directors.
Adoption Learning Partners
Renowned as one of the foremost adoption agencies in the country since opening in 1923, The Cradle has helped place more than 14,000 children into lasting, loving homes. It provides lifelong support for all who are touched by adoption – birthparents, adopted persons and adoptive parents – and is the only adoption agency in the country with an on-site nursery. In recent years, The Cradle has expanded its scope to include Adoption Learning Partners (ALP), online training courses for prospective adoptive parents and adoption professionals. Through the power of the Internet, ALP has made the thorough training The Cradle is known for convenient and accessible to professionals and families all across the globe. The Cradle has been a generous provider of operating support for the Adoption Institute, and now participates in a partnership between the Institute and ALP to improve the preparation and training of adoptive parents and adoption professionals.
Child Welfare League of America
On July 8, 2009, the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute announced the formation of 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'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." CWLA and the Adoption Institute 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. In addition, the Adoption Institute will open an office 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.
07/08/2009 Press Release
Childwelfare League and Adoption Institute Announce Partnership
LifeCare
On June 18, 2009 LifeCare, Inc. – the country's leading provider of health and productivity solutions for employers – and the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute formed a unique partnership designed to enhance service offerings to and best practices by corporations throughout the United States relating to adoption, foster parenting and diversity in family life. LifeCare was founded in 1984 with a strong focus on child care, literally helping to launch the work/life industry. The combined knowledge and resources of the two organizations promise to provide unparalleled support and guidance to people seeking to adopt or who are already touched by adoption or foster care. To launch the partnership, the Adoption Institute is training LifeCare's team of professional Adoption Specialists on the most current research and information on best practices in adoption. The two organizations are also developing a variety of educational resources, seminars and webinars.
06/18/2009 Press Release
LifeCare and Adoption Institute Announce Partnership To Enhance Corporate Services and Best Practices
Adoption Quarterly
Adoption Quarterly is the premier academic research journal in the field of adoption, featuring peer-reviewed research and other work from the fields of the social sciences, humanities, biological sciences, law and social policy. Dr. Scott Ryan, one of the Institute's Senior Research Fellows, is the magazine's Editor; Institute Executive Director Adam Pertman is the Associate Editor; and several members of the Institute's Board, Staff and Senior Research Fellows serve on AQ's Editorial Board.
03/12/2007 Press Release
Institute Forms Collaboration with Premier Research Journal: Adoption Quarterly
Names Senior Fellow Ryan as Editor, Pertman as Associate Editor
