Once a child is adopted from foster care, it’s as if they are reborn in the eyes of many child welfare agencies. In required data reports to the federal government, these agencies remove evidence that ...

COLUMBUS (AP) -- Thousands of Ohio adoptees are about to take advantage of a law giving them access to their adoption files and birth certificates. Beginning Friday, individuals who were adopted ...

Illinois lawmakers are moving to ensure families adopting children from the state’s foster care system receive complete ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A state law that went into effect just this summer is making it possible for people to access thousands of adoption records for the very first time. The information in those ...

Old adoption records housed at a state agency in St. Paul soon could become a more important resource for people researching their family histories. Minnesota is making plans to digitize about 5 ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A newly published audit focusing on Richmond's Department of Social Services (RDSS) is shedding light on the agency's adoption program. According to the report by the office of city ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A proposal that would have expanded Indiana adoptees’ access to more than 50 years of sealed records appears to be dead this session, to the disappointment of some advocates. The ...