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Resources on all aspects of domestic and intercountry adoption, including adoption from foster care. Includes information for prospective and adoptive parents; information about searching for birth relatives; and resources for professionals on recruiting adoptive families, preparing children and youth, supporting birth parents, and providing postadoption services.
Overview
The adoption process, selected resources, and frequently asked questions.
National Foster Care & Adoption Directory
Provides State-by-State contact information for a variety of foster care and adoption-related organizations and services including public and licensed private adoption agencies, support groups, and more.
Types of adoption
Domestic adoption, including foster care, kinship, infant, customary, and independent/private adoptions; intercountry adoption; and interjurisdictional placement.
For prospective adoptive parents
How to adopt, the home study process, financial assistance, legal considerations, and potential challenges.
Foster care adoption
Strategies and programs, recruiting and retaining foster/adoptive families, children waiting for adoption, legal issues and laws, and National Adoption Month.
Recruiting, preparing, & retaining foster/adoptive parents
Recruiting and retaining foster and adoptive parents, including specific populations.
Preparing & supporting children & youth
Preparing and transitioning children and youth into permanent families, maintaining connections, talking about adoption, and school issues.
Supporting birth parents
Information for birth family members on adoption planning and maintaining connections with children who are adopted. Information for professionals on supporting birth parents.
Postadoption services
Adoption assistance, outcomes of postadoption services, and help for adoptive families, including understanding potential challenges and obtaining birth or adoption records.
Search & reunion
Searching for birth relatives, obtaining birth and adoption records, understanding the impact of adoption, and finding support groups.
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