The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)

The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (AACWA)

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

To facilitate the adoption of children across state lines

To regulate the foster care system across different states

To provide financial assistance to adoptive families

To establish educational standards for adopted children

Open adoption

Closed adoption

Stepparent adoption

Kinship adoption

To provide special education services to adopted children with disabilities

To ensure equal access to education for adopted children

To promote the adoption of children with disabilities

To provide financial assistance to adoptive families of children with disabilities

Difficulty adjusting to a new family and school environment

Academic delays due to disruptions in early childhood education

Increased risk of bullying and discrimination

Enhanced academic performance due to supportive adoptive families

To collect data on adoption and foster care in the United States

To provide financial assistance to adoptive families

To regulate the adoption process across different states

To establish educational standards for adopted children

The right to receive financial assistance

The right to have their birth records sealed

The right to know their birth parents' identities

The right to equal access to education

To represent the educational interests of adopted children

To provide financial assistance to adoptive families

To regulate the adoption process across different states

To establish educational standards for adopted children

Increased sense of identity and self-esteem

Opportunity to develop relationships with birth parents and siblings

Reduced risk of emotional and behavioral problems

Enhanced academic performance due to supportive adoptive families

To prevent and treat child abuse and neglect

To provide financial assistance to adoptive families

To regulate the adoption process across different states

To establish educational standards for adopted children

Difficulty adjusting to a new school environment

Academic delays due to disruptions in early childhood education

Increased risk of bullying and discrimination

Enhanced academic performance due to supportive adoptive families

To represent the best interests of the child during the adoption process

To provide financial assistance to adoptive families

To regulate the adoption process across different states

To establish educational standards for adopted children

Difficulty adjusting to a new family and school environment

Academic delays due to disruptions in early childhood education

Increased risk of bullying and discrimination

Enhanced academic performance due to supportive adoptive families

To facilitate the transfer of educational records for military children moving across state lines

To provide financial assistance to adoptive families

To regulate the adoption process across different states

To establish educational standards for adopted children

The right to receive financial assistance

The right to have their birth records sealed

The right to know their birth parents' identities

The right to equal access to education