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National Network of Adoption Advocacy Programs- One Church, One Child; Site Visit Report
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Site Visit
12 p.
Public Domain
Published: March 2009
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
Children's Bureau, 3rd Floor
330 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Tel: 800.394.3366
703.385.7565
Fax: 703.385.3206
info@childwelfare.gov
Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20121010002521/http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/site_visit/onechurchfinal.pdf
This site visit report discusses the findings of an evaluation of the federally funded Virginia One Church, One Child (OCOC) adoption advocacy program designed to recruit families to adopt African-American and other children. Information is provided successful strategies and keys to success for OCOC programs, including supporting families, working with child welfare agencies, building relationships with pastors and clergy leaders, having a church coordinator, having faith, access to training and technical assistance from the National Network of Adoption Advocacy Programs, effective program management, having an advisory board, implementing training for families, employing best practice for model programs, and implementing faith- and community-based marketing and recruitment. Outcomes from OCOC programs in different States, including Virginia, are shared. Evaluation reports for the first and second year of the project are attached, as well as information on best practices for One Church, One Child model programs.
Keywords:
Virginia; Church programs; Adoption; African Americans; Minority adoption