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Adoption
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Foreign-Born Adopted Kids Adjust Well to New Home (05/24/2005, Reuters Health)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Adoption (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) - Links to PDF
- Adoption Process (American Pregnancy Association)
- Adoption: Where Do I Start? (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
Also available in: Spanish
Coping
- Coping
- After Adoption: The Need for Services (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Impact of Adoption on Adopted Persons (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Impact of Adoption on Birth Parents (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Value of Adoptive Parent Groups (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Adopting a Child with Special Needs (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Foster Parent Adoption: What Parents Should Know (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Guidelines for Choosing an Adoption Agency or Attorney (American Pregnancy Association)
- Military Families and Adoption: A Fact Sheet for Families (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Openness in Adoption: A Fact Sheet for Families (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Transracial and Transcultural Adoption (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Adoption and School Issues (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Adoption Home Study Process (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- APA Position Statement: Adoption and Co-Parenting of Children by Same-Sex Couples (American Psychiatric Association) - Links to PDF
- Are You Pregnant and Thinking about Adoption? (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
Also available in: Spanish - Benefits of Adoption (American Pregnancy Association)
- Explaining Adoption to Your Children, Family, and Friends (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Foster Care (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
- Foster Care and Adoption for Waiting Children (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
Also available in: Spanish - Hepatitis B Vaccine Is Imperative for Families Adopting from Abroad (Immunization Action Coalition)
- International Adoption: Health Aspects (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - Keeping the Family Tree Intact Through Kinship Care (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Medical Issues in Adoption (Nemours Foundation)
- Obtaining Background Information on Your Prospective Adopted Child: A Fact Sheet for Families (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Parenting the Sexually Abused Child (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Searching for Birth Relatives (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Single Parent Adoption: What You Need to Know (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Tips on Selecting an Adoption Therapist (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
Financial Issues
- Financial Issues
- Adoption Assistance for Children Adopted from Foster Care (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Costs of Adopting (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Employer-Provided Adoption Benefits (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Tax Topics: Adoption Credit (Internal Revenue Service)
Research
- Research
- Innovative Foster Care Programs Show Promise in Reducing Youth Violence (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Adoption: Glossary (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- National Adoption Information Clearinghouse Glossary (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
Directories
- Directories
- AdoptUSKids - Includes photographs and descriptions of children available for adoption in the U.S.
- Gay and Lesbian Adoptive Parents: Resources for Professionals and Parents (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- National Adoption Directory Search (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- National Adoption Organizations That Provide Support to Adopted Persons, Adoptive Parents, and Families Resource Listing (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Related Organizations/Resource Lists in Child Welfare and/or Adoption (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- U.S. Adoption Agencies That Place Children from Abroad (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
Organizations
- Organizations
- Administration for Children and Families
- Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Children's Bureau
- National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- Access to Family Information by Adopted Persons (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Benefits for Grandchildren (Social Security Administration)
- Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services)
- Consent to Adoption (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Cooperative Adoptions: Contact between Adoptive and Birth Families after Finalization (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Family and Medical Leave Act (Dept. of Labor)
- Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information)
- How Do I Apply to Bring a Foreign-Born Orphan to the United States? (Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services)
- Immigration of Adopted and Prospective Adoptive Children (Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services) - Links to PDF
- Intercountry Adoption (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Parties to an Adoption (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Presumed (Putative) Fathers (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Standby Guardianship (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- State Regulation of Adoption Expenses (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Stepparent Adoption (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
Statistics
- Statistics
- National Adoption and Foster Care Statistics (Administration for Children and Families)
- State by State Adoption and Foster Care Statistics (Administration for Children and Families)
Children
- Children
- Adoption - A Child's Questions and Concerns (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Adoption and the Stages of Development (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- Being Adopted (Nemours Foundation)
- Foster Families (Nemours Foundation)
Teenagers
- Teenagers
- Adoption (Nemours Foundation)
- Parenting the Adopted Adolescent (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)