2012 ADOPTIVE FAMILY PORTRAIT PROJECT

Voice for Adoption’s (VFA) Adoptive Family Portrait Project celebrates families who have adopted children from foster care. The primary goal of the project is to raise awareness among members of Congress about the real experiences and needs of families that have adopted children who were in the foster care system. For the 2012 project VFA will feature many foster care adoptive families, including a special emphasis on kinship parents.

VFA is looking for families who have adopted from foster care, whose family portraits will be displayed in the Washington, DC office of their member of Congress. VFA will also need information about the family’s adoption experiences to share a story with their members of Congress. VFA will match Senators and Representatives with a family from their home state or home district (for Representatives). Please refer interested families to participate! Click here to learn more about the family role in our project. Each participating family will receive a copy of our Adoptive Family Portrait Project booklet that features the families and Members of Congress that are involved.

Really want to participate but not an adoptive family? Click here to read more about VFA's Family Portrait and for other opportunities to ensure this yearly project continues.