25 maio 1980 ano - First Adoption Opportunities grants awarded (Children's Bureau, 2012)

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Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act (P.L. 95-266, 1978) established the Adoption Opportunities program to eliminate obstacles and facilitate adoption for children with special needs. Early grants under this program, first awarded in FY 1980, helped to establish Regional Adoption Resource Centers, develop the National Adoption Information Exchange, support the creation of public service announcements to recruit adoptive and foster parents, and meet the needs of minority children awaiting adoptive families.