Five Canadian Community Agencies that Support Adoptive Families

Adoption council of Canada- it is the umbrella organization for adoption in Canada. Its functions include promoting public awareness about adoption and advancing the placement of foster children. The organization provides post-adoption education and support. It is based in
Ottawa, Canada.
Contact information
Toll free phone number: 1-888-54-ADOPT (1-888-542-3678)
Mailing address:
The Adoption Council of Canada 211 Bronson Avenue Mailbox #231 Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6H5
Canadas waiting kids- this is an online resource containing information and history, including photos of Canadian children waiting for permanent placement. The online resource is an affiliate of adoption council of Canada.
Contact information
Toll free phone number: 1-888-54-ADOPT (1-888-542-3678)
E-mail address- info@canadaswaitingkids.ca
Website address- http://www.canadaswaitingkids.ca/index.html
Canadian Adoptees Registry Inc. - organization that enables adult adoptees and birth parents to learn more about each other and possible meet.
Contact information
Tel: 905-563-1021 Email: gail251@cogeco.ca
Mailing address:
 CARI 4479 Timothy Lane Beamsville, Ontario L0R 1B1

Canadian Coalition for the Right of Children- committed to the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada and globally.
Contact information
E-mail address: info@rightsofchildren.ca
Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC) - the organization is dedicated to the promoting the protection and well-being of vulnerable children, teenagers, and their families.
Contact information
Telephone: (613) 235-4412 Fax: (613) 235-7616
E-mail address: info@cwlc.ca
Mailing address:
226 Argyle Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1B9
Strategies that Promote Successful Adoptive Families
Lead agencies take several actions to ensure the successful adoption placements. The lead agencies ensure that families who express interest in adopting a child can readily access relevant information. Most people use the Internet to seek for information therefore the lead agencies regularly update their websites, which usually display information based on geographical area. Children are placed on the adoption exchange with 30 days of becoming legally available. Information, including photographs is updated regularly. The monthly supervision reviews ensure the information available to the prospecting parenting is up to date. Other information, such as the adoption procedure, contact information, and schedules for local parenting classes are available on the lead agencies websites. The adoption process can sometimes be frustrating for some parents (Traglia et al, 1997). To address the problem of frustration, lead agencies have a policy requiring their agents to contact a prospecting parent within three days of reporting a problem. The agencies also encourage prospecting parents to join local support groups and hold marching events in which prospecting parents interact with the available children.
The placements agencies have mechanisms in place to track troubled adoptive placements. This increases the success rate of adoption placement and maximizes the use of funds because services are available to the neediest cases. New parents have the option of changing a childs last name and social security number, however, the placement agencies maintain a capacity to track former foster children and determine when child abuse and neglect occurs again. This enables the agencies to prevent adoption dissolutions by intervening with families who do not request assistance. Placement agencies have positions devoted to linking adoptive families with post-adoption services (Traglia et al, 1997).
Conclusion
The placement agencies have several strategies in place to improve the placement of foster children; however, much remain undone. Most Canadians are not familiar with foster care. This hinders them from considering foster care adoption as a viable option when they are looking to have a child in their home. Most the Canadians view foster care adoption as an act of charity. This is a wrong view that limits the number of people ready to adopt a child from a foster home. Changing this view would significantly increase the number of children adopted. People have a negative image of the Canadian foster care system. This negativity toward the system extends to the children under the systems care, which makes most people shy away from foster care adoption.
References
Traglia, J. J., Pecora, P. J., Paddock, G. B., & Wilson, L. (1997). Outcome-oriented case planning in family foster care. Families in Society, 78(5), 453-462.