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Twenty-four years ago, our founders recognized the importance of post-placement care for birthparents. Today we recognize that adoption is both a human rights and reproductive rights issue, and as such, On Your Feet Foundation has become the leader in comprehensive post-placement support for birthparents, a demographic that has historically been under-served within the adoption community. We do this through case management, access to adoption-competent therapy, therapeutic retreats, education and counseling grants, adoption education and community-building. Learn more and find support.

  • Retreats held since 2005

    61

  • Grants Awarded Since 2015

    183

  • Dollars Awarded since 2015

    $72454

  • Birthparents Accessing Services since 2015

    1000

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We sit down with Activism in Adoption speaker Dr. Maxine Bryant, to talk about her new book, Finding Peoples, A Family’s Journey Through Six Decades of Separation and Hope, which she wrote with her biological siblings. This book offers a unique and intimate look at adoption from dual perspectives: Maxine's story, as an adopted person, and the stories of her biological siblings, who watched her go. It is incredibly rare to hear an adoption story told by both biological family and adoptee, and those voices together make for a powerful and memorable read.

We put together a comprehensive, state-by-state resource list for anyone currently struggling with food insecurity. Please use this if you need it, and send the link to anyone you know who may be struggling right now and in need of help.

Meet this year's Create! Birthparent Arts Grant winner, Sydney S., who combined artistic creativity with entrepreneurship, using her art to solve a real-world problem. Buying Birthday, Mother's Day, and other holiday cards can be a real challenge for adoption constellation members, because the pre-written greetings often don't match our relationships or experiences. Sydney developed a line of greeting cards specifically for those relationships, giving adoptive parents, adopted people, and birthparents new ways to connect through cards and messages created especially for them.

Thank you for recognizing the importance of post-placement support: