The latest report from the Department of State reveals a 12% drop in intercountry adoptions since last year. We examine the factors that have contributed to this 13-year plummet and explore ways to improve adoption options for children worldwide waiting for families.

We are at a pivotal moment in history for intercountry adoptions. Don't let them become a thing of the past, sign the petition asking the White House to support intercountry adoptions.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services owes states $50 million in adoption incentives that help them provide better post-adoption/guardianship services for children and youth leaving foster care. Call Congress TODAY and ask them to fund this shortfall and appropriate $38 million in funding for states that earn these adoption incentives in 2018.

This week, adoption service providers were hit with unexpected accreditation fee increases for the coming year. The new fees come in a period of transition as the Department of State designates a new accrediting entity for intercountry adoption.

Police officer Ryan Holets and his wife Rebecca will be special guests of the First Lady at the 2018 State of the Union. Read their story of adoption and hope here.

Words have power. How do the words we choose when talking about adoption convey meaning? How can we promote the use of more accurate adoption language in our communities?

Ethiopia's parliamentary ban on intercountry adoption will leave many children without any hope of a loving, permanent family. Read our response here.

NCFA analyzes the newly-released FY2016 foster care data. How will our nation respond to the sudden rise in the number of children in foster care, particularly due to drug abuse?

Over the course of several years, Armenia is committed to closing many residential institutions for children and placing them in home-based care. NCFA's Ryan Hanlon presented at an international conference on domestic and intercountry adoption best practices for the children who will not be reunited with biological family.

The House Ways and Means Committee announces that the adoption tax credit has been preserved in the new draft of the House tax reform proposal, while the Senate reveals that the adoption tax credit has also been preserved in their Tax Cuts and Jobs Act proposed legislation.