One of the most important goals we face for our future is to provide a permanent, loving home for every child. The Office of Foster Care and Adoption is dedicated to developing practical responses to improve adoption and foster care policy and practice by conducting objective research and policy analysis, and by providing education and training programs for policy makers, professionals and communities. Our presence within a public academic medical school allows unprecedented benefits from our ability to access a variety of comprehensive resources for the population we serve—children, adoptive and birth families, and professionals.