NCALP Serves:

Children invoved with child protection and adoption systems

Foster, adoptive, and birth families

Current child welfare practitioners from all disciplines, including law, social work and related fields

Students who are our future child welfare and adoption professionals

We provide assistance nationally, with special programming in Columbus and the state of Ohio.

NCALP’s Current Programs Include:

Easily Accessible Information Resources

• Adoption & Child Welfare LawSite
• Adoption & Child Welfare Law News & Case Summaries
• Adoption Academy
• Adoption & Child Welfare JobSite

Multidisciplinary Education and Training Programs

• 8th Annual NCALP Symposium June 4 & 5 "Shared Child Welfare Decision Making: Partnering with Families and Children"
• Professional Training Opportunity “Developing the Child Welfare Team: Building a Collaborative Legal Representation Model”
• Interdisciplinary Child Welfare Institute
• Summer Adoption Law Institute
• National Moot Court Competition in Child Welfare & Adoption Law
• NCALP Law Student Fellowships

Advocacy and System Reform Initiatives

• The Ohio Child Protection Law Reform Initiative

Special Local Community Events

• National Adoption Day
• Forever Home Adoption Celebration
• Autumn Wine Celebration

For a more complete overview of NCALP programs, download our 2-page description of programs