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X-WR-CALDESC:This presentation explores the often-overlooked consequences o
 f broken adoptions\, domestic and intercountry\, when adoptive families re
 linquish\, abandon\, or institutionalize children they once committed to p
 arent by drawing from legal casework\, policy work\, systemic data\, and l
 ived experiences.  The presentation will highlight how federal and state a
 doption subsidies may continue post-abandonment\, with little accountabili
 ty\, and how existing policies fail to protect the rights and well-being o
 f adoptees once a placement dissolves.\n\nSpecial focus will be given to t
 he legal invisibility of these youth.  Often re-institutionalized without 
 due process\, citizenship support\, or long-term permanency planning\, and
  the urgent need for systemic reform. The presentation will also provide a
 dvocacy strategies\, policy recommendations\, and legal remedies aimed at 
 ensuring post-adoption accountability and safeguarding the dignity and fut
 ure of abandoned adoptees.  Case examples will be used to ground the discu
 ssion in real-world implications.\n\nAbout Dawn\nDawn J. Post\, Esq. is a 
 child advocate and civil rights attorney who has spent her career standing
  up for young people impacted by the adoption and foster care systems. She
  is the Founder of Themis Youth Law & Advocacy\, an organization that work
 s to protect the rights of youth who have been adopted\, institutionalized
 \, or failed by the systems meant to care for them.\n\nDawn has represente
 d thousands of children in court with a particular focus on whose whose ad
 options were broken. She fights for justice when adoptees are left without
  legal protections or denied access to the support they deserve. Her work 
 also calls out how government subsidies meant to help adopted kids are som
 etimes misused\, even after adoptees are no longer living with their adopt
 ive families.\n\nWith decades of experience\, Dawn continues to push for r
 eal change by helping shape laws\, policies\, and public conversations tha
 t center adoptees’ voices\, safety\, and dignity. She believes that no ado
 ptee should ever be forgotten\, silenced\, or treated as invisible\, and s
 he’s committed to making sure that never happens.
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DESCRIPTION:This presentation explores the often-overlooked consequences of
  broken adoptions\, domestic and intercountry\, when adoptive families rel
 inquish\, abandon\, or institutionalize children they once committed to pa
 rent by drawing from legal casework\, policy work\, systemic data\, and li
 ved experiences.  The presentation will highlight how federal and state ad
 option subsidies may continue post-abandonment\, with little accountabilit
 y\, and how existing policies fail to protect the rights and well-being of
  adoptees once a placement dissolves.\n\nSpecial focus will be given to th
 e legal invisibility of these youth.  Often re-institutionalized without d
 ue process\, citizenship support\, or long-term permanency planning\, and 
 the urgent need for systemic reform. The presentation will also provide ad
 vocacy strategies\, policy recommendations\, and legal remedies aimed at e
 nsuring post-adoption accountability and safeguarding the dignity and futu
 re of abandoned adoptees.  Case examples will be used to ground the discus
 sion in real-world implications.\n\nAbout Dawn\nDawn J. Post\, Esq. is a c
 hild advocate and civil rights attorney who has spent her career standing 
 up for young people impacted by the adoption and foster care systems. She 
 is the Founder of Themis Youth Law & Advocacy\, an organization that works
  to protect the rights of youth who have been adopted\, institutionalized\
 , or failed by the systems meant to care for them.\n\nDawn has represented
  thousands of children in court with a particular focus on whose whose ado
 ptions were broken. She fights for justice when adoptees are left without 
 legal protections or denied access to the support they deserve. Her work a
 lso calls out how government subsidies meant to help adopted kids are some
 times misused\, even after adoptees are no longer living with their adopti
 ve families.\n\nWith decades of experience\, Dawn continues to push for re
 al change by helping shape laws\, policies\, and public conversations that
  center adoptees’ voices\, safety\, and dignity. She believes that no adop
 tee should ever be forgotten\, silenced\, or treated as invisible\, and sh
 e’s committed to making sure that never happens.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Adoption Promises Broken: Legal and Policy Failures Impac
 ting Abandoned Adoptees with Dawn J. Post\, Esq.
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