Intercountry Adoption: Where Do I Start?: Additional Resources

This information was taken directly from Child Welfare Information Gateway

Additional Resources

Child Welfare Information Gateway. Includes several publications and web sections on intercountry adoptions, including the following:

Adoption Options https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_adoptoption.cfm

Obtaining Background Information on Your Prospective Adoptive Child https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_background.cfm

Children Who Spent Time in Institutions https://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/types/intercountry/institutions.cfm

Adopting Children From Another Country https://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adoptive/other_country.cfm

After Intercountry Adoption https://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_parenting/intercountry/index.cfm

Transracial/Transcultural Adoption https://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_parenting/intercountry/transcultural.cfm

U.S. Department of State. Provides information on a wide range of intercountry adoption topics, and country-specific notes: : http://adoption.state.gov/

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Details the Convention and non-Convention process for intercountry adoption: http://www.uscis.gov/adoption

University of Minnesota International Adoption Clinic. Addresses health issues related to children adopted from other countries: http://www.iac.umn.edu/

American Academy of Pediatrics. Includes a listing of pediatricians by State who specialize in providing services to adopted children and information about health-related adoption issues: http://www2.aap.org/sections/adoption/index.html

ComeUnity. Highlights information on health issues related to intercountry and domestic adoption, including a list of clinics and doctors that specialize intercountry adoption:http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/health/index.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides information about health issues related to intercountry adoption, such as travel preparation, medical exams, and immunizations: http://www.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh8-Adoptions.aspx

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Resource

Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2014). Intercountry adoption: Where do I start? Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2009). Parenting your adopted preschooler. Retrieved from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/preschool.cfm

Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2011). Costs of adopting. Retrieved from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/s_cost/s_costs.pdf

Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2012). Finding and using postadoption services. Retrieved from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_postadoptbulletin

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Hague Conference on Private International Law. (2008). The implementation and operation of the 1993 Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention: Guide to good practice: Guide no. 1. Retrieved from http://www.hcch.net/upload/adoguide_e.pdf

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2014). Re-homing of adopted children: responsibilities for states and opportunities in the provision of post-adoption services (ACYF-CB-IM-14-02). Retrieved from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/im1402.pdf

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Office of Children’s Issues. (n.d.-a). Statistics: Adoption by country. Retrieved from http://adoption.state.gov/about_us/statistics.php

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