Podcasts Government Are You Kidding Me? Changing the culture of adoption

Changing the culture of adoption

Published: May 3, 2020, 3 p.m.


\nOn this episode, Naomi Schaeffer Riley and Ian Rowe are joined by the CEO of Spence-Chapin, Kate Trambitskaya.
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\nOverseeing one of the country\u2019s oldest nonprofit adoption agencies, Trambitskaya explains the key differences between public and private adoptions as well as recent cultural trends toward voluntary adoption while sustaining birth-family connections. Later on, Riley, Rowe, and Trambitskaya react to a recent article from the New York Times titled \u201cWhy aren\u2019t there more rich foster parents?\u201d 
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\nShow Notes: – Private vs. public adoptions (1:29) – Why have international adoptions fallen so much in the US? (2:56) – Voluntary adoption as a positive choice birth parents make (7:41) – Spence-Chapin\u2019s innovative approach toward interim care (12:51) – Reacting to \u201cWhy aren\u2019t there more rich foster parents?\u201d (15:10)
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\nResources:  Why aren\u2019t there more rich foster parents? (The New York Times)