Resources and Information
Features
- National Adoption Organizations that Provide Support to Adopted Persons, Adoptive Parents, and Families
- Federal and Private Resource Centers and Clearinghouses
- Resources for Searching for Birth Relatives
- Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
- International Soundex Reunion Registry
- Adoption Web Sites
- Examining the Adoption Option:
- Using the Adoption Search Information to Complete the Puzzle
- Adopting Privately or Independently?
- New Mexico's Heart Gallery Heightens Awareness and Interest
- Therapy Plays an Important Role in Adoptive Families' Lives
- Denying Access to Black Families Hurts Children
- Payment of Nonrecurring Expenses for Special Needs Adoption
- It Sounds Right, But Is It the Right Thing?
- The Rose
- Financial Resources for Waiting Child Adoptions
- State Laws and Fees
Therapy Plays an Important Role in Adoptive Families' Lives
Recent brain research has demonstrated the devastating long-term effects of early trauma, and ongoing work looks at how children deal with and express grief. Many children who are adopted experience a kind of open-ended grief because they are separated from family members who have not died.... [more]
Denying Access to Black Families Hurts Children
The study found that African Americans and Latinos are more likely to seriously consider the option than white Americans.... [more]
Payment of Nonrecurring Expenses for Special Needs Adoption
Rule provides for payment by the federal government of a 50 percent matching share of nonrecurring adoption expenses reimbursed by states.... [more]
It Sounds Right, But Is It the Right Thing?
Author discusses doing what is right and her opinion on how to decide.... [more]
The Rose
A poem written following an adoptee's first visit to her birth mother's grave.... [more]
Financial Resources for Waiting Child Adoptions
Adoption subsidies are available for your child whether your home study was done by a public or a private agency.... [more]
State Laws and Fees
Since adoption is governed by state statute, each state makes its own laws, and each agency or other entity assisting in the adoption process sets its own fees for adoption services.... [more]
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