Open Directory - Home: Family: Adoption
See also: This category in other languages: - Adoption information and resources, message boards, email communities, and links to adoption professionals. Includes special sections for both birthmothers and adoptive parents. - Provides access to thousands of resources addressing all aspects of adoption. Includes coverage of international adoption issues. - National photo listing service for children awaiting adoption across the United States. - Listing of adoption resources on the Internet, organized in topical categories. - Dedicated to finding homes for Canada's waiting children. Includes news, publications, legislation, events, research, viewpoints, and newsletters. - Information about the adoption of children within the UK. - General adoption information, articles, links to related resources, and notice board. - Offers web-based educational courses for all members of the adoption triad. Includes course descriptions and a mailing list. - Features information about workshops and support groups, profiles of families hoping to adopt (from specific agencies) and resources. - A public service ring dedicated to the best interests of adoption triad members. - Presents information about adoption and fostering with a United Kingdom focus. News, child profiles, bulletin board, and glossary of related terms are included. - A Christian adoption resource center, with services for birthmothers and adoptive parents. - General information and resources. - Features a directory of adoption professionals, and the Adoption SuperCalendar of adoption events, meetings and conferences in every state. - A series of written stories, as well as a one-hour audio broadcast, which explore fifty years of experience with international adoption by Americans. Additional materials include photojournals, interviews, audio diaries, and supplementary stories. - London-based charity with offices in Wales, Scotland and England. Offers resources for those wishing to adopt and related professionals. Includes membership details, news, legal details and directory of agencies. - Presents articles about a variety of adoption related topics. - Articles and FAQs about adopting a child, becoming a foster parent, adopting a foster child, adoptees and birth parents, and services for adopted children. - Features a range of adoption-related information. Includes a message board, Waiting Parents Registry, list of famous adoptions, calendar of events, and links to Canadian resources, including agencies and support groups. - Provides research, analysis, advice and education to practitioners and the public about legislation and practices governing domestic and inter-country adoption in the United States and the rest of the world. Includes publications and information about projects. - Provides former Michigan members (adult adoptees, birth parents, adult siblings, and adoptive parents) with post-adoption services and intermediary search services. - Offers infertility and adoption information and support. Includes a discussion of common myths, newsletters, and message boards. - Not for profit organization that provides adoption and birth parent services. - A non-profit organization of citizens concerned about children who wait for permanent homes. - Encourages adoption in the United States and advocates for children in the public welfare system. Offers a beginner's guide, videos, and other adoption resources. - Listings of deaf children waiting to be adopted, and a mailing list. - Information for adoption professionals: research, policy, and practice. - Non-profit volunteer organization advocating and encouraging private (non-agency) adoption. Meetings held in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. - A biographical dictionary of famous or otherwise influential adoptees and others raised for significant periods outside their birth families. - Short profiles, many with bibliographical and hypertext links, of famous or influential people who were adopted, fostered or otherwise raised by people other than their birth parents. - Information about transitional residence and fostering of troubled children. - Information about adoption, qualities of adoptive parents which agencies are looking for, and other legal issues. - Statewide effort to find permanence for all children with special needs. Picture book registry, information about the process, and newsletter. - Weekly radio show available on the Internet. Show schedule, brief host profile, and archives are presented. - Providing services for young women who are pregnant and parenting, families with young children and adoptive families. - Portal to photo listings and resources, including chat, online courses, and articles. - Provides financial assistance, services and support to families. Contains information about programs, membership, and achievements. - Post-adoptive articles and a "How to Adopt" section which provides an overview of issues and steps to take when considering domestic adoption through the foster care system. - Resource for birthparents and adoptive parents. Includes profiles of waiting families, information about available situations, and links to support organizations, agencies, and financial help. - Weekly online publication offering articles and information. Includes message board, bookstore and links. - Adoption-related services for children of color, their birthparents, and their adoptive parents. - Directory of adoption related mailing lists across the United States. - Advocates adoption laws that are in the best interest of all adoptees. Includes the Texas Adoption Registry, discussion forums, articles, newsletters and statistics. - Consumer protection and advocacy for adopting families, international or domestic. Site features news, articles, and resources. - Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, after years of trying to become pregnant, decided to adopt an African-American baby. This is the story of her adoption quest. [29:00 streaming audio broadcast] (January 01, 2005) - About 1.6 million American families have adopted children. In more and more cases, they are open adoptions. Four families share their stories. [Each story approximately 5 minutes in duration.] (December 24, 2004)
