Report on the Policies and Procedures Related to Expediting Adoptions

June 27, 2007 This report which describes the policies and procedures related to expediting the adoption process in Virginia was written by Anthony Conyers, Jr. and published on November 5, 2009. The purpose of adoption is to place children who have been permanently and legally separated from their birth parents with adoptive families and to prevent adoption dissolution by providing services to strengthen and support families after the adoption is finalized. This report is in response to the legislative mandate to study policies and procedures related to expediting adoptions for children in the foster care system as well as those . . .