Recent Awards and Honors

• 2011 – Executive Director Betsie Norris receives Health and Human Services Adoption Excellence Award in the area of Adoption of Older Youth
• 2011 – Board Chair Bernadette Kerrigan receives national recognition as an Angel in Adoption (nominated by Rep. Marcia Fudge)
• 2009 – Health and Human Services Adoption Excellence Award in the area of Adoption of Minority Youth from Foster Care
• 2009 – Health and Human Services Adoption Excellence Award in the area of Adoption of Minority Youth from Foster Care
• 2009 – Executive Director Betsie Norris receives Foster Care Hero Award from the Rona R. Carter Scholarship fund
• 2006 – Anisfield-Wolf Award, presented by the Center for Community Solutions and administered by the Cleveland Foundation
• 2006 – NACAC Adoption Activist of the Year Award, presented by the North American Council on Adoptable Children for “the effectiveness of [Adoption Network’s] youth-driven and permanency planning techniques.”
• 2006 – Finalist for the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations’ Nonprofit Excellence Award
• 2006 – Finalist for the Northern Ohio Live Award of Achievement
• 2005 – Executive Director Betsie Norris received national recognition as an Angel in Adoption (nominated by Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones) and locally she was named a Woman of Note by Crain’s Cleveland Business and was a recipient of the Hearts of Hope Award presented by Beech Brook.