Adoption
Web Resources
- Adopting.org. Features resources for those seeking to adopt, considering placing a child for adoption, and looking for a birth family.
- Adoption. Features resources on adoption, including overviews, coping, financial issues, directors and more. From MedlinePlus.
- Adoption. [PDF] From the ABA Guide to Family Law.
- Adoption Resource Center. Features adoption articles and FAQs. From Nolo.
- Adoption.com. Offers information on international, domestic, child and agency adoptions.
- Adoptive Families. Magazine for families before, during, and after adoption
- AdoptUsKids. Features an adoption resource center and a search engine for locating children seeking adoption.
- American Adoption Congress. Promotes access to identifying information for all adoptees and their birth and adoptive families.
- Arizona - Foster Care and Adoption. Provides an overview of the adoption process. From the Arizona Division of Children, Youth and Families.
- Arkansas Adoption Resource Exchange. Features information on how to adopt as well as profiles of children seeking adoption. From the Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services.
- Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC). Features a Guidebook to the ICPC and state ICPC contacts.
- California - Adoption. Features resources on adopting a child, including adoption FAQs, forms, and links. From the California Courts.
- Child Welfare Information Gateway - Adoption. Offers resources on all aspects of domestic and intercountry adoption, including adoption from foster care. Includes a national adoption directory search.
- District of Columbia - Adoption. Provides information on becoming an adoptive parent. From the District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency.
- Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute. Features publications, surveys, and policy papers on adoption.
- Indiana - Adoption Program. From the Indiana Department of Child Services.
- Joint Council on International Children's Services. Membership organization that works to promote the highest standards of ethical practice in intercountry adoption.
- Massachusetts - Adoption. Features information on adoption services, how to become an adoptive parent, adoption subsidies, and adoptee rights. From Massachusetts Health and Humna Services.
- Michigan - State Court Administrative Office Approved Forms for Use in Adoptions. From the Michigan Courts.
- Missouri Adoption Activities. Features a foster/adoption newsletter, adoption resources, as well as photo listings of children available for adoption.
- National Adoption Center. Resource to families and to agencies who seek the permanency of caring homes for children.
- New York - Adoption Information Registry. Provides information to help facilitate a reunion. From the New York State Department of Health.
- Oregon - Adoption Services. From the Oregon Department of Human Services.
- Rhode Island - Adoption. Provides information on the Special Needs Adoption Program. From the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families.
- The Adoption Guide. Offers adoption help and guidance.
- U.S. Department of State - International Adoption. Offers information for American citizens seeking to adopt children from other countries.
- Virginia - Adoption. Covers agency and non-agency placements. From the Virginia Department of Social Services.
- Washington - Children's Administration. Offers information on adoptions and foster parenting. From the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.
- Wisconsin - Adoption. Features adoption information as well as an adoption records search. From the Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services.
