The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy seeks to improve the laws, policies and practices associated with child protection and adoption systems. Every day we work towards realizing the goal that all children--especially those who have been abused or neglected or are dependent on the state for their care--have safe, healthy, permanent homes. We are not a clinic or direct services organization, but instead use research, advocacy and education to bring about improved systems throughout the nation.

Our research efforts are aimed at identifying the means through which child protection, foster care and adoption systems and processes can be improved. Center advocacy projects are aimed at bringing about these improvements through changes in the law and the way the law is implemented. Finally, our education programs are designed to assist judges, lawyers, government managers, social workers, families and other process stakeholders to know about strategies for making child welfare and adoption laws work in ways that will provide kids the stable families they deserve as quickly, efficiently and safely as possible. 

The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy
Capital University Law School
303 East Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3200
Phone: 614.236.6730
Fax: 614.236.6956
Web site: www.ncalp.org

The Center also sponsors the Adoption & Child Welfare LawSite, a single online source of child welfare and adoption law information for adoptive and foster parents, biological parents, child and family lawyers, juvenile and family court judges, agency personnel and child advocates of all kinds.  To visit the site, go to: http://www.adoptionchildwelfarelaw.org/