Adoption: Where Do I Start?: Additional Resources

Additional Resources

General Adoption

How to Make Adoption an Affordable Option (PDF – 2,221 KB) http://www.smartaboutmoney.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=KDo4VV4Mzfo%3D&tabid=442&mid=832 Booklet from the National Endowment for Financial Education (current through 2004)

Pediatricians With a Special Interest in Adoption and Foster Care Medicine (PDF – 52 KB) http://www.aap.org/sections/adoption/SOAFCAdoptionDirectory2.pdf Nationwide listing from the American Academy of Pediatrics of physicians and clinics specializing in assessments of international adoptees

Domestic Adoption

Insight: Open Adoption Resources & Support http://www.openadoptioninsight.org Resources and support for families involved in open adoptions

www.adoption.com/photolisting

Intercountry Adoption

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services http://www.uscis.gov (click on Adoption) Downloadable forms and frequently asked questions about intercountry adoptions

U.S. Department of State http://adoption.state.gov Publications, news and statistics, factsheets, information on the Hague Convention, and country-specific information

The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption http://hcch.e-vision.nl/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=69 The full text of the May 1993 convention

Joint Council on International Children’s Services http://www.jcics.org Membership organization that sets standards, conducts legislative advocacy and provides country-specific adoption information

Kinship Adoption

AARP Grandparent Information Center http://www.aarp.org/family/grandparenting Information about being a good grandparent, visitation rights, and raising grandchildren

State Factsheets for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children http://www.cwla.org/programs/kinship/statefactsheets.htm State-by-State information about kinship care

Generations United http://www.gu.org Programs, trainings, resources, public policy, and events of interest to grandparents and other relatives raising children

Tools for Working With Kinship Caregivers (PDF - 130 KB) http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/downloads/Tools-for-working-with-kinship-caregivers.pdf Training materials, handbooks, assessment tools, links, and publications from the Casey National Center for Resource Family Support

Adoption Publishers/Booksellers=

Adopting.org (online) http://www.adopting.org

Adoption World Specialties http://www.adoptionworld.net

EMK Press http://www.emkpress.com

Pact, An Adoption Alliance http://www.pactadopt.org

Perspectives Press http://www.perspectivespress.com

Tapestry Books http://www.tapestrybooks.com