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The Adoption Assistance Program, in partnership with the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.), is offering Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) for wellness professionals. Created by C.A.S.E., in 2009, TAC is a nationally accredited evidence-based, post-Master’s training program for professionals in the social work, mental health and child welfare fields.

TAC is a 72-hour, 12-session (1 at-home, 11  virtual classroom) program.  TAC is a nationally accredited, competency-based training curriculum developed in collaboration with national experts in the field of child welfare, adoption and mental health. Students receive 72 CEC’s and a certificate of accreditation.

In 2014 adoptees adopted after October 1, 1983 won the right to access their original birth certificates upon reaching the age of 18. This law restores the right of access to approximately 24,000 of the 65,000 adoptees who were born in Connecticut since 1919. Access Connecticut continues to advocate for the opening of original birth certificates for ALL adoptees. If you  would like to get involved or for more information, see www.accessconnecticut.org.