On Nov. 23, Baltimore City held its annual National Adoption Day event, celebrating and recognizing families created through adoption. Since its inception in November 2000, National Adoption Day ...

Author Nicole Chung, shown here in a provided photo, has documented her experience growing up as a Korean American adoptee in a white family in Southern Oregon in her two memoirs, “All You Can Ever ...

Family-building benefits are table stakes for employers, and they are not complete without adoption support. But a lengthy legal process, high associated costs and travel time make the adoption ...

I have experienced firsthand the courage of two birth mothers who chose my husband and me to raise their babies. We met these pregnant women, as well as the birth fathers and birth grandparents, of ...

U.S. companies increasingly are turning to new and uncommon benefits as a way to recruit and retain employees. Climbing the list? Family support, particularly for adoption and fostering. As more ...

Eighteen years ago, my wife and I adopted our son. The process takes incredible effort, extreme patience and a good deal of money. Because I am the parent of an adopted child, I know how big of an ...

There's no single right way to build a family. But often, employee benefits are limiting the workforce's options. For 68% of Americans, paid leave and other adoption benefits would impact their ...

When I was born, my Korean parents, immigrants to the United States, relinquished me for adoption. At the age of two and a half months, I was placed with a white family who lived in a small town in ...

Companies looking to attract and retain employees not only want them to thrive professionally but also personally. So in the past few years, many businesses started helping workers grow their families ...

The Adoption Credit is a tax benefit designed to assist families with the expenses associated with adopting a child. It provides financial relief by allowing families to claim a credit for qualified ...

The DoD maintains an array of family support initiatives such as housing allowances, health care, commissary benefits, and child-care subsidies, but one of the least known is its adoption ...