Chloe Learey: Raising awareness about adoption

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Chloe Learey, the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development in Brattleboro. She serves on the Building Bright Futures State Advisory Council, a governor-appointed body which advises the administration and Legislature on early childhood care, health and education systems.
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Adoption Week. Eleven years later, President Bill Clinton expanded the week to the enti