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Welcome to the Adoptive Families Association (AFA) website
Whether you are considering adoption, going through the process, or are established as an adoptive family, our association will support and encourage you.
We also have a growing number of member families formed through permanent care. All aspects of adoption support are also provided to permanent care families and waiting parents.
The AFA is a supportive community of adoptive parents and children providing friendship, information, advice and informal education on all aspects of adoption and adoptive parenting.
The Association is run by a small committee of volunteers who coordinate activities and resources. Member participation is always encouraged in organising, as well as attending, events. There are also some country-specific support groups who organise culturally specific events.
The AFA represents the interests of local and intercountry adoptive families and provides support through each stage of the adoption experience. It supports adoption for children in need of families, and is committed to developing community awareness of adoption families.
About the Adoptive Families Association ACT
This association represents the interests of local and intercountry adoptive families, including permanent care families. We provide support at each stage of the adoptive experience. Our membership includes a range of adoptive parents and families, including couples and single parents with particular needs and differing circumstances.
We support adoption for children in genuine need of families, and we are committed to developing community awareness of, and positive attitudes toward, adoption. In the case of intercountry adoption, we actively support the maintenance of birth culture, along a sense of belonging and identity in the broader community.
The committee
The 2012 committee was recently elected. In 2012 the committee will be meeting on a monthly basis, commencing on Tuesday 14 February, 730pm at the SHOUT community centre, Collett St Pearce. Members are always welcome to attend and get involved whenever possible.
Click here for the 2012 committee members.