Pact, An Adoption Alliance - Building Community Across Cultures, A Family Consultation Service

Building Connections Across Cultures (BCAC)

Pact offers a variety of consultation services for families who are considering transracial or transnational adoption and as well as those who are already parenting children of a different race. If you are parenting across racial lines - or planning to do so - and have been wondering exactly how to bring more diversity into your family's circle and support your child's cultural and racial self-esteem, this program is designed to help.

Building Community Across Cultures (BCAC) will give you the opportunity to work with Pact staff in completing a detailed assessment of your current lifestyle and connections as you become (or continue your growth as) a family of color built through adoption. The BCAC program is divided into self-directed components involving personalized assessment work completed by the participant(s) and at least three meetings (or telephone consultations) with Pact staff. BCAC also includes access to Pact staff for check-in and progress reports to help you as you create your individualized plan to help you help your child become a strong, proud and culturally competent adult of color.

Detailed descriptions and the costs of each consultation service are set out below.

Is Transracial Adoption The Right Choice for Our Family? - for pre-adoptive parents

Already Doing It - How Can We Do Better? - for parents who have already adopted transracially or transnationally