On this episode, Naomi Schaeffer Riley and Ian Rowe are joined by the CEO of Spence-Chapin, Kate Trambitskaya.

Overseeing one of the country’s oldest nonprofit adoption agencies, Trambitskaya explains the key differences between public and private adoptions as well as recent cultural trends toward voluntary adoption while sustaining birth-family connections. Later on, Riley, Rowe, and Trambitskaya react to a recent article from the New York Times titled “Why aren’t there more rich foster parents?” 

Show Notes: – Private vs. public adoptions (1:29) – Why have international adoptions fallen so much in the US? (2:56) – Voluntary adoption as a positive choice birth parents make (7:41) – Spence-Chapin’s innovative approach toward interim care (12:51) – Reacting to “Why aren’t there more rich foster parents?” (15:10)

Resources:  Why aren’t there more rich foster parents? (The New York Times)