PATH Federal Association of Foster and Adoptive Families
| PATH Federal Association of Foster and Adoptive Families | |
|---|---|
| legal form | non-profit registered association |
| founding | March 27, 1976 (Federal Association of Foster and Adoptive Parents), current name since 1998 |
| founder | Association of 12 self-help organizations |
| Seat | Berlin |
| motto | Because ALL children are our future! |
| main emphasis | Adoption , foster children |
| Action space | Germany |
| people | Dagmar Trautner (Chair) |
| Members | almost 2000 (Sept. 2016) |
| Website | www.pfad-bv.de |
The PFAD is a non-profit association with the aim of supporting foster and adoptive children and their parents. It was founded in 1976 as an amalgamation of 12 self-help organizations of the Federal Association of Foster and Adoptive Parents in Münster , and has had its current name since November 1998.
organization
The federal association has had a full-time office since 1999, and its headquarters have been in Berlin since 2007. The PFAD Federal Association is organized in various regional associations of individual federal states, which in turn are divided into individual local associations. The association is a member of the umbrella organization German Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband .
tasks
The association and, above all, the individual local associations support adoptive families with various advisory services on adoption-specific topics such as search for origin, early childhood trauma , experiences of racism, etc. An encounter and an exchange of experiences between adoptive parents, adult adopters, youth welfare office , child and youth psychology and also under certain circumstances the biological parents of the children is easily possible through the local path associations.
Take place at the level of the federal association
- Quarterly publication of a specialist journal PFAD, a weblog and an online newsletter
- Conferences on adoption and care
- Political lobbying within the legislative process. The Bavarian State Association describes itself as a “lobby for children and young people who are temporarily or permanently unable to grow up in their biological families” .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Press release on the 40th anniversary
- ^ National associations of the PATH
- ^ Members of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband
- ↑ PFAD Federal Association of Foster and Adoptive Families eV Tasks of the PFAD organs
- ↑ PFAD trade journal for foster and adoptive child aid
- ↑ PATH Statement on Marriage for All (07/05/2017)
- ↑ PATH statement on the inclusion of disabled people (July 18, 2017)
- ↑ Bavarian Regional Association (accessed November 25, 2017)