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15 members of the first cohort of the AdoptUSKids Minority Professional Leadership Development program

The first MPLD cohort continues to transform the child welfare system

June 9, 2022

 by AdoptUSKids · Published June 9, 2022 · Last modified June 23, 2022

In the years following their graduation from the MPLD program, alumni have spoken nationally, earned promotions, and contributed to change.

A family cooking in the kitchen together

Recruitment alone isn’t enough

April 29, 2022

 by AdoptUSKids · Published April 29, 2022 · Last modified May 5, 2022

Learn why culturally competent engagement and support is key to sustaining a pool of Black, Indigenous, and Latinx foster and adoptive families. 

Multi-generational African American family taking a selfie

Successfully recruiting and supporting African American families

January 5, 2022

 by AdoptUSKids · Published January 5, 2022 · Last modified April 18, 2022

“There’s been a shift from screening families out to screening them in…we started looking at what families can do, and working to remove barriers that were preventing people from fostering and adopting.”

MPLD fellow Jennifer Lee

“All’s well that begins well”

November 23, 2021

 by AdoptUSKids · Published November 23, 2021 · Last modified December 1, 2021

“As a child welfare professional, I believe that it is my role and responsibility to lift youth’s voices in their permanency planning so that other children do not silently move through life the way that I did as a teenager.”

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