The National Adoption Association is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Our 500-member national network operates in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Leaders advancing best practices in adoption from foster care is the powerful new mission of the National Adoption Association (NAA). As leaders in the adoption of waiting children, NAA and its national member network work with waiting children, birth parents, kin, foster parents and adoptive parents. Our vision is to build the premier network of professionals and agencies to create innovative strategies and solutions so that every child has a permanent loving family.