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Matt’s Story

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Matt - 2017 Star of Adoption
Matt was a 2017 C.A.S.E. Star of Adoption Award Recipient! Click the photo to read his full bio.

I’ve had the unique opportunity and privilege to get to know and appreciate the work of C.A.S.E. As a transracial adoptee entering adolescents, I was so fortunate to have access to specialized, high quality, adoption-competent mental health services at a critical time in my life. Adolescence is hard enough on its own; and my journey was complicated not only by being adopted, but because I was a transracial adoptee. Up to that point in my life, I hadn’t been able or willing to connect in a meaningful way with friends and family about my adoption journey. C.A.S.E helped me learn to accept and appreciate the ups and down, joys and challenges, that come with being adoption.

I came to know C.A.S.E. in 1998 where I found access to the adoption-competent support that would help to positively and forever shape my lifelong adoption story.  I continued receiving services until about 2005 or so. As a client, C.A.S.E. provided me with life-changing education, counseling and support. In the years since, I have witnessed C.A.S.E. grow into a nationally recognized leader in evidence-based adoption competency initiatives and education, while the counseling services and community programs continue to thrive in the hands of some of the most passionate, hard-working and skillful folks in child welfare and adoption community. C.A.S.E has always been so thoughtful and intentional in their work. And that’s special.

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