Adoption Law Resources
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.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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.