All Children - All Families: How to Participate

Interested in participating in All Children - All Families? Licensed, accredited agencies, both public and private, and adoption exchanges are eligible. Get started today!

The steps to participating in the All Children – All Families (ACAF) initiative are outlined below. Click on the appropriate links to begin or continue this process on behalf of your agency.

Contact the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Family Project at [email protected] with any questions.

• Request Promising Practices Guide
• Read the Promising Practices Guide- Third Edition
• Answer Self-Assessment Questions and Submit
  Your agency will be provided with a unique username and password for the All Children - All Families online Agency Self-Assessment. Upon completing the assessment, your agency will be aded to the list of participating agencies. Agencies do not need to achieve all benchmarks before completing the assessment.
• Receive Phone Consultation with ACAF Advisory Council Member
  Agencies that submit their online assessment receive individualized consultation with an ACAF Advisory Council member.
• Make Improvements
  See our All Children - All Families Additional Resources, including a list of trainers and consultants, to improve your agency’s LGBT-related policies and practices. To remain on the list of participants, agencies must achieve benchmarks 1 to 4 within one year of their phone consultation.
• Achieve 10 Benchmarks & Receive a Seal
  Earn the All Children - All Families Seal when your agency achieves these 10 benchmarks.
• Increase Loving Families for Waiting Children