External documents must explicitly reflect the agency’s commitment to working with LGBT individuals and families.
LGBT-headed adoptive and foster families, like other adoptive and foster families, need support, counsel, and nurturance into the future.
Partnerships with community groups are very important to effective recruitment from the LGBT community.
An agency that is welcoming and affirming of LGBT clients within its policies and practices should specifically target multiple LGBT communities in all of its efforts to reach and recruit prospective parents.
Inclusive language in agency forms required of clients reflects all potential applicants and contributes to an agency’s welcoming environment for LGBT clients.