Support from Major Organizations

The following organizations have expressed their support for legislation that will enable adult adoptees to have access to their original birth certificates.  View individual statements by clicking on their hyperlinks.

 New Jersey and surrounding area:

• Adoption Agency Council of New Jersey (AACNJ)

        Adoptions from the Heart
        Children's Aid and Family Services
        Family and Children's Services, Long Branch, NJ
        Holt International Children's Services
        Jewish Family and Children's Services of Southern New Jersey
        Reaching Out Through International Adoption
        Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children
        Welcome House of Pearl S. Buck International

• Concerned Persons for Adoption (CPFA) – largest adoptive parent group in New Jersey
• Human Genetics Association of New Jersey, 1994
• Medical Society of New Jersey
• New York State Citizen’s Coalition for Children
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• CHATS – triad support group, North Plainfield
• Morristown Post-Adoption Support Group

 

National:

• Child Welfare League of America – largest adoption-focused organization in U.S. with thousands of state and private agencies as members

• American Adoption Congress – national adoption reform organization

• North American Council on Adoptable Children – largest adoptive parent organization in U.S. founded in 1974, committed to meeting the needs of waiting children and families who adopt them

• National Adoption Center – provides adoption opportunities particularly for children with special needs and children from minority cultures

• Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute – non-profit education, policy and research organization

• Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform (PEAR)

• Adoptees’ Liberty Movement Association (ALMA), Denville NJ 

• Concerned United Birthparents

• National Governing Body of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – General Assembly, 1981
• Episcopal Church – General Convention, 1982

 

International:

• British Association for Adoption & Fostering
• Department of Health, London , England – Social Services Inspectorate
• Department of Social Policy and Social Work, The University of Edinburgh , Scotland