Other Ways to Support Adoption

Provide adoption benefits
Adoption benefit policies offer financial assistance and paid or unpaid leave for employees who adopt.  Visit the Adoption-Friendly Workplace program to order a free toolkit.  The number of employers offering adoption benefits grows each year as companies discover they are smart, affordable and easy to administer. 

Order our free booklet, Beyond Benefits:  More Ways to Make Your Workplace Adoption-Friendly, which outlines opportunities for employers to help employees who are considering adoption, are engaged in the process, or have already adopted and ways to promote the cause of adoption in the workplace. Created with the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Offered separately and automatically included in every Adoption Benefits Toolkit (above).

Hang free posters to generate awareness of foster care adoption 

Add a message to payroll announcements – "Consider foster care adoption. If there's room in your heart, there’s room in your home. Call 1-800-ASK-DTFA for information."

Use interoffice television to air free public service announcements  

Sponsor an adoption event
National Adoption Day provides an opportunity for corporations to promote adoption on a national or local level by hosting, publicizing or funding events. Held annually in November, on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, National Adoption Day is a collective national effort by adoption advocates and court personnel to finalize adoptions and raise awareness of waiting children. Corporations can participate in activities organized at the local level, or host their own in-house celebration of adoption. For more information, visit www.NationalAdoptionDay.org.