Academic Membership
Educators at a college/university or students enrolled in an academic institution.

Adoption Service Provider
A licensed, non-profit child welfare organization certified by a competent authority to assist birth parents and adoptive parents with the placement of a child.
 

Child Advocacy Organization
A non-profit organization which advances the cause of permanency through advocating/lobbying for sound child-centric public policy.

Family Support Organization
A non-profit organization which educates, advocates for, or otherwise supports birth families, adoptive families and adoptees.

Medical and Health Care Organizations
Non-profit organizations which provide permanency services in the form of medical services, medical research, or medical educational services to vulnerable children, birth families, adoptive families, or adoptees.

Home Study Provider
A licensed non-profit organization certified by a competent government authority whose primary work is conducting home studies to assure the well-being of the child in the homes of adoptive families, and to assess the readiness of the family to adopt.

Orphan Care Organization
A non-profit organization which provides education, healthcare, nutrition, vocational or other support services to orphans and vulnerable children.

Professional Service Provider
Individuals which provide a specialized professional service, including but not restricted to lawyers, clinicians, counselors, and social workers who are not employed by an organization, which meets the membership requirements for organizations, nor employed by an organization that has voluntarily terminated its membership or had its membership denied, revoked or suspended.

For-profits for Children
A for-profit organization which supports every child’s right to a safe, permanent, and loving family and Joint Council’s Mission and Beliefs.

2010 Application