This bill creates a comprehensive support system for adoptive families and adopted children by requiring states to provide services before and after adoption happens. The law recognizes that adoption can be challenging and that families need help to succeed.

Before adoption, families can get training, counseling, and education about common issues adopted children face—like attachment problems, trauma, grief, and cultural adjustment. They'll also get peer support groups where new adoptive parents can learn from experienced ones. After adoption, these services continue, plus families can access respite care (temporary childcare breaks), mental health counseling for the children, crisis hotlines, and specialized treatment for behavioral or emotional problems.

The bill sets aside $20 million per year from 2026 through 2029 for grants to states and tribal organizations to build mental health programs specifically designed for adopted children and their families. It also requires states to track when adoptions fall apart (called "disruption" or "dissolution") so researchers can figure out which support services actually prevent these failures. States must report this data nationally so everyone can learn what works best. The law essentially says: adoption is important, families need real support to make it work, and we need to measure whether our help is actually helping.