Our Mission Statement
Inter-National Adoption Alliance is a national not for profit adoption education and advocacy organization. Our mission is simple, to improve the world for adoptees and adoptive families. We were designed to provide educational and cultural resources to domestic and international adoptees and their families, to advocate for those adoptees and families, to promote ethical and informed adoption practice and post placement services; and to increase awareness of waiting children worldwide, and the programs that serve them.
We are not an adoption agency and are not involved in the placement of children for adoption. We have no fees for membership.
See our objectives below:
Our objectives are to provide the following:
National organization that can link all the diverse members of the adoption community in one large advocacy group.
Link experienced adoptive families and adult adoptees with today's adoptive families to facilitate education of adoption issues and cultural and racial issues.
Advocacy for the domestic and international adoption community.
Promotion and development of ethics in adoption.
Cultural enrichment programs
Legislative updates for members of the adoption community.
An information sharing resource for the adoption community.
An open communication channel for those who have needs and concerns regarding adoption and it's related issues and representation for those concerns..
To support ethical programs in countries of birth that eliminate the need for adoption and support the biological family.
We support Adult Adoptees unconditional rights to their original birth certificates.
Our Membership
Our current membership is comprised of adult adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, adoption professionals, adoption support groups. Our members come from all states and some foreign countries. We have members who have adopted or are adopted from many different countries and through many different agencies. We strive to be all inclusive to better advocate for the adoption community at large.
IAA membership is free! Let your voice join hundreds of others who want to present a unified front for the adoption community while maintaining our diverse feelings and views about many issues. IAA is an open forum for those views while providing an avenue where we can come together to advocate for the improvement of adoption practice and post placement services. We hope you will join us today.
Join our email discussion group. A discussion group comprised of members from all areas of the adoption community. A place to discuss adoption related issues openly and honestly, in depth, with respect!