What they call their work
What they do
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Comprehensive Adoption Services 2 activities
- Child adoption counseling and placement servicesFacilitates the placement of legally free children with adoptive families through home studies and collaboration with public and voluntary foster care agencies. Provides post-adoption services including individual and family counseling and community referrals.
- Intercountry adoption home studies for minor relativesConducts home studies to support intercountry adoptions of minor relatives, ensuring compliance with legal and child welfare standards.
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Child Welfare and Protection Services 1 activity
- Adoption information and family recruitment sessionsHosts information sessions for prospective adoptive families; in the most recent fiscal year, 11 sessions were attended by 30 families, resulting in 10 applications and 6 approved adoptive homes.
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Who runs it
- Leora Neal — Director
- Terrell Tate — ABSW Board President
Who they work with
- NYS Office of Children and Family Services Government — Authorizing agency for adoption services
- public and voluntary foster care agencies Partner — Collaborates to identify children for placement with approved adoptive families
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Collaborative Adoption Placement Modelmethodology: collaborative_adoption_placementBy conducting home studies and partnering with public and voluntary foster care agencies, the organization increases the likelihood of successful, culturally-informed placements for Black children, because coordinated access to vetted adoptive families improves matching efficiency and cultural continuity.
- Volunteer Professional Staffing Modelmethodology: volunteer_professional_staffingBy leveraging volunteer licensed social workers for administrative and clinical operations, the organization sustains high-quality services with lower overhead, because professional volunteers bring field-specific expertise that enhances service accuracy, trust, and community alignment.