Adoption

Adoption.about.com
http://adoption.about.com
Practical and essential information on every aspect of adoption including parenting tips, stories, links, etc.

Adopting.org
http://adopting.org/ar.html
Information and resources for adoptive parents, parents and expectant parents considering placing a child for adoption, birth parents, children looking for their birth families, and potential foster care parents. Features articles covering issues in the adoption communities such as adoption by gay and lesbians, transracial adoption, and child welfare. Includes discussion forums. (LII)

The Adoption Guide
http://theadoptionguide.com
Adoption help and guidance from "the nation's leading adoption magazine" Adoptive Families. (site)

Adoption Web Ring
http://plumsite.com/adoptionring/
An ever expanding group of pages designed to allow web surfers to navigate a wide variety of informational adoption sites. (site)

Faces of Adoption
http://www.adopt.org
Sponsored by the National Adoption Center, this site has information for families interested in adopting foster children.

Older Child Adoption
"An independent voice for older child adoption issues, questions, and information. You'll find articles, a discussion forum, bookstore, and links about adoption, adoptive parenting, international adoption, special needs, and more."

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/
A comprehensive resource on all aspects of adoption, including infant, intercountry, and special needs adoption. Information includes fact sheets, statistics, and access to adoption records rules for all states. NAIC is a service of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service. (LII)

U.S. State Department
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Information for U.S. citizens seeking international adoption, includes country specific information.

Updated June 12, 2007

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