New Research into Open Adoption in NSW

The NSW Government has announced the creation of a new research body that aims to boost the number of children being adopted in NSW.

The Institute of Open Adoption Studies will apparently be the first independent government-funded adoption research body of its kind in Australia and will be established by the University of Sydney. The NSW Government will provide funding for the institute worth $2.85 million over three years.

According to Government figures, there are currently around 20,000 children and young people living in out-of-home-care across NSW. The institute hopes to improve outcomes for these children by researching how open adoption affects children and also their birth and adoptive families. Open adoption involves encouraging children to keep in contact with their birth family where possible.

“The institute holds the promise and responsibility of delivering research with the impact of enabling lasting positive change around open adoption in NSW,” said the University of Sydney’s Chancellor Belinda Hutchinson. “At the heart of the institute’s endeavours is our society’s shared duty to provide greater numbers of children with a safe home for life.”

“Through NSW Government funding, the institute has the challenge to pursue much-needed research into open adoption, and its impact on children, birth families, adoptive applicants, and those working in this essential field,” she added.

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http://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/03/16/institute-will-pursue-research-to-guide-open-adoption-policy