Welcome

The National Quality Improvement Center for Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation (QIC-AG) is a five-year project working with eight sites that will implement evidence-based interventions or develop and test promising practices which if proven effective can be replicated or adapted in other child welfare jurisdictions. Effective interventions are expected to achieve long-term, stable permanence in adoptive and guardianship homes for waiting children as well as children and families after adoption or guardianship has been finalized.

News and Events

Episode #6: Ensuring Supports for Intercounty and Private Domestic Adoption

In this episode (link) we welcome Ryan Hanlon, Vice President of Education, Research, & Constituent Services National Council For Adoption to have a discussion about the importance of ensuring the availability of and the access to services and supports for families that adopt via intercountry or  private domestic process.

Posted 06-22-20

Powerful Videos from QIC-AG

The Partner Site Videos chronicle the sites implementation journey and highlight the personal impact of providing the intervention to children and families.

Webinar: Promoting Systems Change to Prepare and Support Adoption and Guardianship Families

With the six key messages as a guide, Leslie Cohen and Stephanie Hodge Wolf highlight the practical tools, materials, and content created by QIC-AG and offer a deeper understanding of how the work can be useful for members of the child welfare community as well as allied professionals.

Click here to watch the recording.

Posted 06-09-20

Site Intervention Profiles: Lessons Learned

Over the last five years, the QIC-AG’s eight partner sites have ascertained a number of valuable insights about quality implementation of services to increase pre and post permanency stability for families. We are excited to share these insights with all of you!

Posted 06-28-19

Ask About Series

The QIC-AG’s “Ask About Series” offers valuable and practical information about adoption and guardianship geared toward professionals that support families.  Click the links below to access facts sheet and videos.

QIC-AG Podcast

Updated 5-28-20.

Developing an Adoption Competent Network of Providers

Click here to view the recording of the Developing an Adoption Competent Network of Providers webinar. Pediatric health providers, teachers, and social service professionals play a critical role in the lives of families who have adopted. Once an adoption has been finalized, these professionals typically have more frequent contact with adoptive families than child welfare professionals. Consequently, families look to these professionals for guidance, insight and support. In light of this, it is critical for these professionals to have familiarity with adoption. This presentation will include a panel of medical, educational and child welfare professionals who will discuss how to create a network of adoption competent providers. Specific information will be provided on how to engage pediatric health providers and teachers in a manner that helps them to become more adoption competent

Posted 11-9-18.