Northwest Resource Associates

We are responsible for recruitment, retention, support, and training of foster and adoptive parents. In Alaska, we administer the Alaska center for Resource families program (www.acrf.org). In Oregon, we conduct the Oregon post adoption Resource center, which provides support and training for Oregon's adoptive families (www.orparc.org).

We host the Northwest adoption exchange, which finds permanent adoptive homes for children in foster care in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington. We maintain the website, www.nwae.org, through which we recruit prospective families. Our efforts result in thousands of inquiries from interested individuals and the placement of hundreds of children every year.

In association with the national adoption association and the us children's bureau, we manage digital media for the national adoptuskids project. We develop and administer the national photolisting as well as websites, social media, and email campaigns for prospective and current foster and adoptive families and for child welfare professionals. Find us at adoptuskids.org.

Research and other programs