The information in this program outline is provided by the program representative and edited by the CEBC staff. The Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC) program has been reviewed by the CEBC in the area of: Post-Permanency Services, but lacks the necessary research evidence to be given either a Scientific Rating or a Child Welfare Relevance Rating.

• Child Welfare Outcomes: Not Specified
• Types of Maltreatment: Does not target any specific kind of maltreatment
• Target Population: Oregon Department of Human Services Adoptive families, Oregon Assisted Guardianship families, and Oregon families who have adopted children through any state foster care system.

ORPARC’s mission is to provide ongoing support, education, information, assistance, and referral services to Oregon Department of Human Services’ post-adoptive families and assisted guardianship families statewide. Our strategic intent is to:

• Enhance child and family functioning.
• Reduce incidents of crisis and unnecessary out of home placements.
• Provide a support network responsive to varying needs of families.
• Increase the professional capacity of the state’s mental health providers to serve families with children other than those born to them, especially special needs children placed by public child welfare agencies.